title: Thoracoscopic resection of a bronchogenic cyst in a 17-year-old girl.
abstract: Bronchogenic cysts comprise approximately 6% of mediastinal tumors in children. The treatment consists in surgical resection of the cyst. The authors present the case of a 17-year-old girl who was accidentally diagnosed with a mediastinal cyst. The patient was successfully treated with thoracoscopic surgery with good early and late clinical outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Developmental Defects Surgery and Traumatology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Roksana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pułtorak
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Developmental Defects Surgery and Traumatology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Korlacki
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Developmental Defects Surgery and Traumatology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasierbek
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Developmental Defects Surgery and Traumatology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grabowski
keywords: bronchogenic cyst; child; mediastinal mass; thoracoscopy