title: Thoracoscopic stapled resection of multiple esophageal duplication cysts with different pathological findings.
abstract: Esophageal duplication cyst is a rare congenital esophageal anomaly of the foregut. This cyst usually occurs in isolation, and thus far, was treated by enucleation through thoracoscopic or thoracotomic surgery. Here we report a case of multiple esophageal duplication cysts that showed different pathological findings, i.e., the cysts were lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar and stratified squamous epithelium. Esophageal cysts were incidentally detected in a 53-year-old man during the treatment of pneumonia. In chest-computed tomography, the cysts showed a thin wall and homogeneous inner density, while in endoscopy, no communication with esophageal mucosa was observed. We resected the esophageal cysts with endo-staplers under thoracoscopic surgery. No postoperative complications, including esophageal mucosal injury, occurred. A follow-up chest computed tomography revealed the complete resection of the cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Paldal-Gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea. superdrkang@hanmail.net <superdrkang@hanmail.net>
authors.forename: Chul Ung
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Deog Gon
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Kyu Do
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Min Seop
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jo
mesh_terms: D004934:Esophageal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000379:methods; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed