Cutaneous bronchogenic cyst of the back: a case report and review of the literature.
Cutaneous and subcutaneous cysts with ciliated pseudostratified columnar (respiratory) epithelium present a diagnostic dilemma. We report a case of a bronchogenic cyst occurring on the back. The differential diagnosis includes branchial cleft cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst, cutaneous ciliated cyst, and mature cystic teratoma. We review reports of extrapulmonary bronchogenic cysts and discuss their possible embryology.
Tresser
N J
NJ
Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
Dahms
B
B
Berner
J J
JJ
D001415:Back; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*