title: Clinicopathologic demonstration of complex bronchopulmonary foregut malformation.
abstract: Bronchopulmonary foregut malformations are rare and often prove to be extremely difficult to diagnose. The presented case is a 44-year-old man complaining about cough and hemoptysis. These symptoms continued despite medical treatment. A computed thorax tomographic scan depicted a paravertebral cystic lesion. The patient underwent surgical exploration, and communication between the cyst and the esophagus was found. A left lower lobectomy was performed. The pathologic result confirmed a duplication cyst of mixed bronchogenic and esophageal type with bronchiectasis of the lower lobe. We present this unusual malformation complex especially in an adult with the review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kiral
authors.forename: Cagatay Saim
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Tezel
authors.forename: Altug
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kosar
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed