title: [A case of paraesophageal bronchogenic cyst with esophageal communication].
abstract: A case of mediastinal bronchogenic cyst communicating with the esophagus was reported. Previously, only 2 cases have been reported in the available literature. A 34-year-old man was admitted with a cystic mass communicating with the esophagus which was demonstrated on a barium study. Operation was performed with a suspect of esophageal diverticulum or congenital cyst with esophageal communication. At right thoracotomy, a mass measuring 6.0 x 5.0 cm with a well-defined patent communication to the esophagus was resected. It was a monolocular cyst containing a small amount of viscous mucus. Histologically, the cyst lined by a ciliated columnar epithelium, and it was diagnosed as a bronchogenic cyst because of the presence of the mucous glands, smooth muscle tissue and cartilage. This is the first case report of mediastinal bronchogenic cyst with esophageal communication appeared in the Japanese literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nihon Medical School.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shioda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwakiri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery