title: Mediastinal bronchogenic cyst compressing left recurrent laryngeal nerve.
abstract: A 15-year-old boy developed recurrent laryngeal nerve compression by a bronchogenic cyst, causing recurrent choking. Bronchogenic cyst compressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve is unusual. The patient had a normal voice and occasional choking with periods of normalcy in between. A left posterolateral thoracotomy was performed and cyst was excised. Histopathology revealed bronchogenic cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of CVTS, SKIMS, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Hakeem Zubair
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.forename: Abdul Ghani
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ahangar
authors.forename: Ghulam Nabi
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Lone
authors.forename: Shyam Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rathore
authors.forename: Masrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Airway obstruction; bronchogenic cyst; recurrent laryngeal nerve