title: Infected bronchogenic cyst due to Mycobacterium avium in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: We present a patient with intermittent pain over the right chest for 2 years. Computed tomograph of the chest disclosed a cystic tumor over the right posterior basal lung. Pathological examinations of the excised tumor disclosed a granulomatous inflammation within the multilocular bronchogenic cysts and microbiological culture of the tissue yielded Mycobacterium avium. This is the first reported case of infected bronchogenic cyst caused by M. avium in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Sheng-Hsiang
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Li-Na
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yih-Leong
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Yung-Chie
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Liang-Wen
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed