Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Bronchogenic cyst associated with pericardial defect: Case report and review of the literature. | Imperatori et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6 85 http content 6 1 85 JCTS JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY CASE REPORT Open Access Bronchogenic cyst associated with pericardial defect Case report and review of the literature 111 2 1 Andrea Imperatori Nicola Rotolo Elisa Nardecchia Giovanni Mariscalco Marco Spagnoletti and Lorenzo Dominioni1 Abstract Partial defect of the pericardium combined with bronchogenic cyst is a very rare congenital anomaly. We describe the case of a 32-year-old man with a partial defect of the left pericardium and a bronchogenic cyst arising from the border of the pericardial defect. The cyst was successfully resected with the harmonic scalpel by three-port videothoracoscopic approach. Keywords Bronchogenic cyst pericardial defect video-thoracoscopy harmonic scalpel Background Mediastinal bronchogenic cysts BC are uncommon pathologic entities of congenital origin representing 12 to 18 of all primary mediastinal masses 1-3 . Although BC are often asymptomatic they can be complicated by infection compression of the trachea or superior vena cava intracystic hemorrhage rupture hemoptysis and malignant changes 4-7 . BC have been reported to be also associated with other congenital malformations including cardiac and pericardial anomalies 8-21 . Partial or total pericardial defect PD associated with BC is a very rare malformation of which only 19 cases have been reported in the literature. We present here a case of mediastinal BC associated with partial PD successfully treated by a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery VATS . We also review the literature concerning the clinical presentation and management of BC associated with PD. Case presentation A 32-year-old man was admitted to our department complaining of left chest pain and cough. Chest radiography showed a large round opacity 10 X 10 cm of the left hilum Figure 1 . The electrocardiogram was normal. Computed tomography CT scan demonstrated .
