CT-guided extrapleural drainage of bronchogenic cyst.
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.
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Department of Radiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
MacSweeney
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Whyte
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Smith
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D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed