Extralobar pulmonary sequestration with an associated cyst of mixed bronchogenic and esophageal type--a case report

J Korean Med Sci. 1997 Dec;12(6):567-9. doi: 10.3346/jkms.1997.12.6.567.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of extralobar pulmonary sequestration (ELS) with an associated cyst of mixed bronchogenic and esophageal type. A 58-year-old woman was incidentally found to have a 6 x 6 x 5 cm sized mass in the right superior mediastinum. The mass consisted of sequestrated pulmonary tissue and an unilocular cyst with a direct communication. The cyst could not be easily classified because it was lined by squamous or respiratory epithelium with two distinct muscle layers and bronchial glands. Bronchial cartilage was present in close proximity to the ELS. This unusual combination of ELS with a foregut cyst might be a part of bronchopulmonary foregut malformation, attributed to a common embryologic pathogenesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchogenic Cyst / complications
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / pathology*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / complications
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology*
  • Esophageal Cyst / complications
  • Esophageal Cyst / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinal Cyst / complications
  • Mediastinal Cyst / pathology
  • Middle Aged