title: Supradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst extending into the retroperitoneum.
abstract: We experienced a case of bronchogenic cyst located on the left lower pleural space extending into the retroperitoneum in a 33-year-old man with left chest pain. Preoperative imaging studies and operative findings showed a broad-based cystic mass on the left lower posterior pleura and diaphragmatic pleura extending into the retroperitoneal region across the diaphragm. Histologic studies proved this mass to be a bronchogenic cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ansan Hospital, Korea University, South Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Jae Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: In Sung
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space