title: Pulmonary infarction complicating thoracoscopic removal of congenital foregut cyst.
abstract: A 42-year old woman presented with rheumatoid arthritis, dyspnoea and a congenital foregut cyst referred by a rheumatologist for thoracic surgery. The cyst was removed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The patient developed acute haemoptysis in the immediate postoperative period, which necessitated pulmonary resection due to infracted right lower lobe. This case report highlights the complication related to an unusual anatomy of a congenital foregut cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, St James's University Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK dmcanupama@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barua
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, St Jame's University Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Muaaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rizig
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, St Jame's University Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, St James's University Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thorpe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D054060:Pulmonary Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Bronchogenic cyst; Video-assisted thoracic surgery