title: Thoracoscopic excision of two bronchogenic cysts located in highest upper mediastinum: Report of two cases.
abstract: Bronchogenic cysts are rare congenital malformation that need surgical removal. To date, bronchogenic cysts located in highest upper mediastinum excised by thoracoscopy have not been reported, though complete thoracoscopic extirpation of a bronchogenic cyst has been reported before. We excised two highest upper bronchogenic cysts by thoracoscopy successfully without any postoperative complication, demonstrating thoracoscopy could be a first-line therapeutic option even for highest upper mediastinum brochogenic cysts.
authors.affiliation: Fengwu Lin, Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China.
authors.forename: Fengwu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Chuan Zhang, Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Chuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Kunpeng Cheng, Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China.
authors.forename: Kunpeng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Yan Zhao, Department of Endocrine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: Yan Zhao, Department of Endocrine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: Brochogenic cysts; Highest upper mediastinum; Thoracoscopy