Differentiation of esophageal duplication cysts from esophageal bronchogenic cysts: A case report and literature review

• DOI: 10.4103/ts.ts_1_18
• Publication Date: 2018-03-22T04:49:54Z
• Authors: Tao Zhou; Jun Yang; Jiaqiang Fu; Yimei Zhang
• Keywords: Bronchogenic cyst

Esophageal bronchogenic cysts located in inferior esophagus are rare. Here, we report on the case of a 12-year-old female patient who presented at our institution with dyspepsia and abdominal distention for 2 years no other symptoms. Physical examination abdomen chest was negative, laboratory tests did not show any abnormal results. However, computed tomography imaging showed mass about 8 cm × 4 lower compressing stomach. The preoperative diagnosis determined to be an esophageal duplication cyst. A transabdominal excision cyst performed 5 days after hospital admission. Pathology revealed literature shows that differences exist between cysts.