Case report: Retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst as a diagnostic dilemma after colon cancer diagnosis

Joshua T Byers; Henning E Gertz; Samuel W French; Lina Wang

doi:10.1016/j.yexmp.2018.02.002

Case report: Retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst as a diagnostic dilemma after colon cancer diagnosis

Exp Mol Pathol. 2018 Apr;104(2):158-160. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2018.02.002. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Authors

Joshua T Byers¹, Henning E Gertz², Samuel W French³, Lina Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Harbor-UCLA, Department of Pathology, 1000 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90509, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Harbor-UCLA, Department of Pathology, 1000 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90509, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Harbor-UCLA, Department of Pathology, 1000 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90509, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Harbor-UCLA, Department of Pathology, 1000 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90509, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29452079
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2018.02.002

Abstract

A 52 year-old obese male presented with a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. On staging CT, the patient was found to have a cystic lesion in the left retroperitoneum.

Keywords: Bronchogenic cyst; Foregut cyst; Retroperitoneal cyst.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Bronchogenic Cyst / pathology*
Colon, Sigmoid / pathology
Colon, Sigmoid / surgery
Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retroperitoneal Space / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed