Bronchogenic cyst of the lung mimicking a pulmonary hydatid cyst in a child.
Lung bronchogenic cyst may be infected and present with symptomatology and chest radiological findings compatible with an infected lung cyst, including pulmonary hydatid cyst. We describe a case of a 5-year-old girl with a symptomatic solitary mass in the right lower lobe that was initially treated as a hydatid cyst. Eventually, a lobectomy was performed, and a final diagnosis done on pathology showed an infected congenital bronchogenic cyst.
Vaos
George
G
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Penteli General Children's Hospital, 8 Hippocratous Str, 15236 P. Penteli, Athens, Greece. gvaos@hotmail.com
Zavras
Nick
N
Antypas
George
G
D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans