title: Transhiatal laparoscopic resection of intrathoracic esophageal duplication in a 6-month-old boy.
abstract: We report the case of a 6-month-old boy known antenatally to have a mediastinal cyst. Postnatal workup showed a noncommunicating compressive cyst bound to the lower third of the native esophagus. He underwent its removal by transhiatal laparoscopy. This appears to be the first case of laparoscopic removal of a thoracic esophageal duplication cyst in a child.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: jomengu@gmail.com.
authors.lastname: Mengu Ma Tooh
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasseur Maurer
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reinberg
mesh_terms: D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male