Infected Mediastinal Bronchogenic Cyst in a 12 Year Old Girl

Abstract

Bronchogenic cysts are an uncommon congenital malformation deriving from the primitive foregut. They are mainly unilocular, and respiratory distress is the most common presentation in pediatric patients. We describe the case of a 12-year-old girl with a huge infected mediastinal bronchogenic cyst which was resected via an axillary muscle-sparing thoracotomy.

Keywords

mediastinum (incl. mediastinoscopy) - pediatric - lung - benign or congenital lesions - bronchogenic cyst - foregut malformation - mediastinal cyst - muscle-sparing thoracotomy - pediatric thoracic surgery

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