Intrathoracic enteric foregut duplication cyst.

Journal: Journal Of Postgraduate Medicine
Published:
Abstract

A one month old male child presented with respiratory distress since day 10 of life. There was intercostal retraction and decreased air entry on the right side. Investigations revealed a well defined cystic mass in the posterior mediastinum with vertebral anomalies, the cyst was excised by posterolateral thoracotomy. Histopathology revealed it to be an enteric foregut duplication cyst.

Authors
B Birmole, B Kulkarni, A Vaidya, S Borwankar