title: Bronchogenic cyst mimicking an adrenal mass in the retroperitoneal region: report of a rare case.
abstract: We report the surgical excision of a retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst that presented as a nonfunctioning left adrenal mass in a 25-year-old woman with continuous pain in the left flank. Preoperative biochemical testing confirmed that the mass was nonfunctional. Bronchogenic cysts are mostly benign congenital abnormalities that originate from the remnants of the primitive foregut and typically occur in the lung. Subdiaphragmatic and especially, retroperitoneal locations are rare. Despite the rarity of this pathologic entity, bronchogenic cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal cystic lesions. Diagnosis must be definitively confirmed by histology.
authors: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Gulay
authors: G
authors: Bulut
authors: Mehmet Deniz
authors: MD
authors: Bulut
authors: Inci
authors: I
authors: Bahadır
authors: Çetin
authors: Ç
authors: Kotan
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008853:Microscopy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C504003:TTF1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors