title: A case of cutaneous bronchogenic cyst over the left scapula.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012540:Scapula