Bronchogenic cyst of the ileal mesentery: a case report and a review of literature.
BACKGROUND
Bronchogenic cyst is a rare clinical entity that occurs due to abnormal development of the foregut; the majority of bronchogenic cysts have been described in the mediastinum and they are rarely found in an extrathoracic location.


METHODS
We describe the case of an intra-abdominal bronchogenic cyst of the mesentery, incidentally discovered during an emergency laparotomy for a perforated gastric ulcer in a 33-year-old Caucasian man.


CONCLUSIONS
Bronchogenic cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of subdiaphragmatic masses, even in an intraperitoneal location.
Petrina
Adolfo
A
General and Oncological Surgery Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. adolfo.petrina@poste.it.
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