A case of cutaneous bronchogenic cyst over the left scapula. |
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Authors: | H J Yu H M Kwon J W Park D K Hwang D K Ahn Y W Park |
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Affiliation: | Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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Abstract: | Bronchogenic cyst is noted shortly after birth or in early childhood and usually presents as a swelling or draining sinus in the presternal area. Its origin and pathogenesis can be explained as a developmental anomaly of the tracheobronchial buds from the primitive foregut. The patient was a 4-year-old boy with a child-fist-sized soft mass over his left scapula, which had been detected at birth and had been gradually growing. Grossly, it appeared to be a simple cyst with clear mucoid fluid. Histopathological study demonstrated a unilocular cyst composed of ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelia, interspersed goblet cells, smooth muscles, and mucous glands on the cyst wall, which are features compatible with cutaneous bronchogenic cyst. |
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Keywords: | cutaneous bronchogenic cyst scapula |
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