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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:1606
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasound in detection and characterization of mediastinal masses

Ugo Cioffi, MD, PhDa, Matilde De Simone, MD, PhDa, Michele M. Ciulla, MD, PhDb

a Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
b Istituto di Medicina Cardiovascolare Centro di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the recent paper on bronchogenic cyst by Azeem, Rathwell, and Awad.1Go They reported the case of a female patient with an intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst compressing the left main coronary artery who had acute severe coronary ischemia. Two weeks postoperatively a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study showed another cyst in the subcarinal position not compressing the nearby structures but requiring a second operation.

Bronchogenic cysts account for 6% to 15% of primary mediastinal masses.2Go . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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