Infected bronchogenic cyst due to Mycobacterium avium in an immunocompetent patient.
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.
Lin
Sheng-Hsiang
SH
Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan, ROC.
Lee
Li-Na
LN
Chang
Yih-Leong
YL
Lee
Yung-Chie
YC
Ding
Liang-Wen
LW
Hsueh
Po-Ren
PR
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