title: Unusual presentation of a large tension bronchogenic cyst in an adult.
abstract: A routine chest radiograph in a 20 year old man revealed a giant air filled cavity of the left hemithorax under tension. At thoracotomy a large left lower lobe intraparenchymal cyst required lobectomy and the pathological findings were consistent with a bronchogenic cyst. Although tension bronchogenic cysts are common in infants, this case demonstrates their unusual presentation in an adult.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Center, Boston University, School of Medicine, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tarpy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kornfeld
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moroz
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lazar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography; D013908:Thoracotomy