title: Bronchogenic cysts: a rare congenital cystic malformation of the lung.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Bronchogenic cysts are rare congenital cystic malformations of the lung. We retrospectively analyzed ten cases of bronchogenic cyst (BC) to reinforce the importance of recognizing this malformation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1985 and 2000, ten pediatric patients with BC were treated surgically in our department. Their clinical presentation, radiological, operative, and pathological findings were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were five boys and five girls, ranging in age from 16 days to 6 years (mean 6.5 months). The clinical signs and symptoms included respiratory distress in seven patients (70%), cyanosis in four (40%), chronic cough and fever in five (50%), and dysphasia in two (20%). Routine chest X-ray revealed a pulmonary air-filled cyst in six patients (60%) and a pulmonary nodular opacity in four (40%). The diagnosis was supported by computed tomography in four patients and by ultrasonography in two. Eight of the patients were treated by cyst excision and two by lobectomy. The pathological diagnosis made from all specimens was bronchogenic cyst, with squamous metaplasia in two.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In newborns, infants, and even children, the development of dyspnea, cyanosis, chronic cough, and fever should alert us to the suspicion of a cystic malformation in the lung, such as a bronchogenic cyst, especially if an air-filled cyst is seen on a plain chest X-ray.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, 34740 Bakirköy, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülay A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Tireli
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozbey
authors.forename: Abdülkerim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Temiz
authors.forename: Tansu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: Alaaddin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celik
mesh_terms: D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed