title: A retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst: a rare cause of a mass in the adrenal region.
abstract: This report documents a bronchogenic cyst presenting as an adrenal tumour in a 51 year old man with persistent epigastric pain. The cyst is regarded as a developmental abnormality of the primitive foregut, which typically occurs in the chest. Subdiaphragmatic, and retroperitoneal locations in particular, are unusual. The differential diagnosis of a bronchogenic cyst in the retroperitoneum includes cystic teratoma, bronchopulmonary sequestration, cysts of urothelial and mullerian origin, and other foregut cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK. williamhaddadin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Haddadin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Jindal
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed