title: [Two cases of the bronchial cyst located in the anterior mediastinum].
abstract: Bronchial cysts are common cystic tumors around the tracheobronchial tree in the middle and posterior mediastinum and rarely locate in the anterior mediastinum. We reported two cases of the bronchial cyst located in the anterior mediastinum. One case was a 57 year-old-female. A thymic cyst was suspected and the extended total thymectomy was performed through the mediansternotomy. The microscopic examination showed bronchial epithelium and cartilage in the cystic wall. The another case was 71 year-old-male operated by thoracoscopic surgery for the cystic tumor in the anterior mediastinum. Microscopic examination showed bronchial epithelium and gland in the cystic wall.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takasuna
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamanda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makiuchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Numanami
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haniuda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged