Intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst overriding the pulmonary artery

Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Sep-Oct;26(5):713-4. doi: 10.1007/s00246-004-0902-3.

Abstract

We describe a case of a 3-year-old child with an intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst arising from the pericardium overlying the pulmonary artery found incidentally at the time of elective repair of a sinus venosus atrial septal defect with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return. A cystic mass overriding the right pulmonary artery was resected and diagnostic studies revealed multiple loculated cysts lined by respiratory mucosa with cartilage and smooth muscle in the wall consistent with a bronchogenic cyst. The cyst was completely resected and postoperative recovery was uneventful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchogenic Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Pericardium / pathology*
  • Pericardium / surgery
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Pulmonary Veins / pathology
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery