title: CT-guided extrapleural drainage of bronchogenic cyst.
abstract: A patient with a subcarinal bronchogenic cyst is described. The cyst was aspirated using an extrapleural percutaneous approach under CT guidance, employing repeated injections of 4-5 ml of saline to split the parietal pleura from the chest wall. Thus we describe a technique that allows the insertion of a catheter into a cyst and complete evacuation of its contents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: MacSweeney
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ind
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed