title: Surgical treatment of a bronchogenic cyst in the interatrial septum.
abstract: Bronchogenic cysts in the interatrial septum are very rare. We experienced a case in which a 39-year-old man, incidentally diagnosed through echocardiography as having a cardiac tumor, was surgically treated. Pathologic investigation of the tumor, which was located in the interatrial septum and resected, revealed that the tumor was a bronchogenic benign cyst. Tumor enucleation was performed and the resultant atrial septal defect was closed by an autopericardial patch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan. k-yushi@nsknet.or.jp
authors.forename: Yushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male