title: Thoracoscopic lobectomy for an infected intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst.
abstract: A 19-year-old male who presented with cough and fever was found to have an 8-cm cyst in his left lung. Video-assisted thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy was performed. The cyst had to be decompressed by needle aspiration prior to retrieval through a 5-cm minithoracotomy. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 4 in good condition. The technical aspects form the basis of this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014741:Video Recording