Giant bronchogenic cyst mimicking tension pneumothorax.
An 18-month-old girl presented with high fever and vomiting. Pneumothorax and a cystic formation in the right hemithorax were found on a chest radiograph. The cyst measuring 10 x 10 x 8 cm was resected by a simple wedge resection. Histology revealed a complicated bronchogenic cyst with abscess formation.
Demircan
Sedat
S
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Kurul
I Cüneyt
IC
Tokur
Mahmut
M
Memis
Leyla
L
Okur
Ilyas
I
D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed