A Case of Thoracoscopic Treatment for a Bronchogenic Cyst in the Anterior Mediastinum

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  • 胸腔鏡下に摘出した前縦隔気管支原性嚢胞の1例
  • 症例 胸腔鏡下に摘出した前縦隔気管支原性囊胞の1例
  • ショウレイ キョウコウキョウ カ ニ テキシュツ シタ ゼン ジュウカク キカンシ ゲンセイノウホウ ノ 1レイ

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<p>A 63-year-old woman who was referred to our hospital for general fatigue was found having a tumor at the anterior mediastinum on a chest CT scan. She was admitted for further examination and treatment in January 2017. The chest CT scan showed a cystic mass of 30×20mm in diameter in the anterior mediastinum. A chest MRI showed the mass, with isointensity in comparison with the muscle on T1-weighted, and slightly high intensity on T2-weighted images. Based on these findings, we preoperatively diagnosed the mass as a thymic cyst or a cystic thymoma. We performed video assisted thymectomy. Histopathology revealed the cyst lined by bronchial epithelium in the regressed thymus. It was diagnosed as bronchogenic cyst in the anterior mediastinum.</p><p>Here, we report a case of bronchogenic cyst arisen in the anterior mediastinum with a review of the literature.</p>

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