Infected bronchogenic cyst treated with drainage followed by resection

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jul;98(1):332-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.070.

Abstract

Bronchogenic cysts originate from anomalous development of the ventral foregut. Although treatment of asymptomatic bronchogenic cysts remains controversial, symptomatic bronchogenic cysts should be surgically removed. We report a case of a 62-year-old man with an infected bronchogenic cyst. We drained the cyst using transesophageal endoscopic ultrasonography to control the inflammation and decrease the size of the cyst; we subsequently resected the cyst. Five months after resection, the patient was well, and computed tomography showed no evidence of cyst recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchogenic Cyst / diagnosis
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / microbiology
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / surgery*
  • Bronchoscopy / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drainage / methods*
  • Endosonography
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed