Intrabronchial rupture of bronchogenic cyst.
Bronchogenic cysts are the most common cystic masses in the mediastinum. They are generally asymptomatic and are detected incidentally on chest radiographs as a smooth homogeneous mediastinal/pulmonary opacity. Intrapleural, intraesophageal, and pericardial rupture of these cysts have been commonly reported. We report a case of life-threatening intrabronchial rupture of a subcarinal bronchogenic cyst successfully treated by an emergency thoracotomy deroofing.
Sundaramoorthi
Thiagarajamurthy
T
Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Billroth Hospitals, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, India. moorti@gmail.com
Mahadevan
Ramasamy
R
Nedumaran
Kaliaperumal
K
Jayaraman
Samy
S
Vaidyanathan
Karthik Ramakrishnan
KR
D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous