title: An incidental peri-adrenal cystic lesion.
abstract: A 50-year-old man was found to have an incidental peri-adrenal cystic lesion on CT imaging which was removed laparoscopically. Histological examination showed a cystic structure composed of respiratory and cuboidal-type epithelium with underlying smooth muscle, cartilage and seromucinous glands. The differential diagnosis for such a lesion includes bronchogenic cyst or teratoma differentiated. This case report offers an overview of both the conditions and the difficulties encountered in the histological distinction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, UK. george.powell@nhs.net
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Cerys
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burrows
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Houghton
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otter
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology*; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome