title: Bronchogenic cyst of the ileal mesentery: a case report and a review of literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: General and Oncological Surgery Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. adolfo.petrina@poste.it.
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrina
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boselli
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cirocchi
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Covarelli
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eugeni
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Badolato
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Finocchi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trastulli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noya