title: A congenital foregut malformation with a laryngeal bronchus.
abstract: We present the case of a 2-month-old boy who required intubation at birth for stridor, at which point a supraglottic cyst was noted. With recurrence of the cyst, a subsequent computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a mass encroaching on the larynx, descending into the mediastinum, and encasing the major vessels. A median sternotomy and transcervical incision enabled excision of a well-defined mass with a laryngeal attachment. This attachment was consistent with a bronchus on histopathologic investigation. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ectopic lung tissue arising from the larynx and descending into the mediastinum.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: paulcullen@rcsi.ie.
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Cullen
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Pio Tito Dias
authors: Department of Pathology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Thomas W
authors: TW
authors: Milligan
authors: Department of Radiology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Rea
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Russell
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: McGuinness
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery