A case of cutaneous bronchogenic cyst over the left scapula

J Dermatol. 2001 Oct;28(10):572-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2001.tb00034.x.

Abstract

Bronchogenic cyst is noted shortly after birth or in early childhood and usually presents as a swelling or draining sinus in the presternal area. Its origin and pathogenesis can be explained as a developmental anomaly of the tracheobronchial buds from the primitive foregut. The patient was a 4-year-old boy with a child-fist-sized soft mass over his left scapula, which had been detected at birth and had been gradually growing. Grossly, it appeared to be a simple cyst with clear mucoid fluid. Histopathological study demonstrated a unilocular cyst composed of ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelia, interspersed goblet cells, smooth muscles, and mucous glands on the cyst wall, which are features compatible with cutaneous bronchogenic cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchogenic Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / pathology
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / surgery
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Scapula