Current Thoracic Surgery
2018 , Vol 3 , Issue 3
Intradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst: a very rare diaphragmatic mass
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Adana City Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yildirim Beyazit University, Yenimahalle Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Adiyaman University Education and Research Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey
4Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey DOI : 10.26663/cts.2019.00027 Viewed : 4824 - Downloaded : 1609 Bronchogenic cysts are generally asymptomatic and are detected incidentally by radiographic imaging as a smooth homogeneous mediastinal/pulmonary lesion. Isolated intradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cysts are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of intradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst mimicking a left lower lobe mass in a 56-year-old man suffering from chest pain. Imaging studies of the chest, including plain chest radiography and computerized tomography revealed a left sided mass in the lower zone. The patient underwent surgical resection of the mass. Intradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst was diagnosed by pathology. Keywords : bronchogenic cyst, diaphragma, mass