title: Intrapericardial bronchogenic duplication cyst.
abstract: Bronchogenic cysts arise from an abnormal budding of the ventral diverticulum of the foregut or the tracheobronchial tree, during embryogenesis. Intrapericardial cysts are rare, accounting for 27% of bronchogenic cysts. In this case report, we present a young woman with a symptomatic intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst compressing the superior vena cava. The cyst was resected via median sternotomy, alleviating the patients' preoperative symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Yasangi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ranawaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia naidoor21@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Rishendran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naidoo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Bronchogenic; Mediastinal cyst