title: Concurrent cysts of the mediastinum, pleura and neck.
abstract: A 14-year-old male was found to have a mediastinal mass on chest radiograph. Chest computed tomography scans showed a cystic lesion behind the left main bronchus. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed additional cystic lesions in the left chest and root of the neck. He underwent excision of mediastinal mass and a pleural cyst. The neck lesion was presumed to be a cystic hygroma. Histological examination of the two lesions resected showed them to be a foregut cyst and a benign mesothelial cyst. We know of no other report of concurrent multicystic lesions in the chest and neck and hypothesize that these cysts may have a common embryonic origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goldstraw
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery