Concurrent cysts of the mediastinum, pleura and neck

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001 Oct;20(4):861-3. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00918-6.

Abstract

A 14-year-old male was found to have a mediastinal mass on chest radiograph. Chest computed tomography scans showed a cystic lesion behind the left main bronchus. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed additional cystic lesions in the left chest and root of the neck. He underwent excision of mediastinal mass and a pleural cyst. The neck lesion was presumed to be a cystic hygroma. Histological examination of the two lesions resected showed them to be a foregut cyst and a benign mesothelial cyst. We know of no other report of concurrent multicystic lesions in the chest and neck and hypothesize that these cysts may have a common embryonic origin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / congenital
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / diagnosis
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / surgery
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lymphangioma, Cystic / congenital*
  • Lymphangioma, Cystic / diagnosis
  • Lymphangioma, Cystic / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Cyst / congenital*
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Cyst / surgery