A case of cutaneous bronchogenic cyst over the left scapula.
Bronchogenic cyst is noted shortly after birth or in early childhood and usually presents as a swelling or draining sinus in the presternal area. Its origin and pathogenesis can be explained as a developmental anomaly of the tracheobronchial buds from the primitive foregut. The patient was a 4-year-old boy with a child-fist-sized soft mass over his left scapula, which had been detected at birth and had been gradually growing. Grossly, it appeared to be a simple cyst with clear mucoid fluid. Histopathological study demonstrated a unilocular cyst composed of ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelia, interspersed goblet cells, smooth muscles, and mucous glands on the cyst wall, which are features compatible with cutaneous bronchogenic cyst.
Yu
H J
HJ
Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kwon
H M
HM
Park
J W
JW
Hwang
D K
DK
Ahn
D K
DK
Park
Y W
YW
D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012540:Scapula