1. An adult case of giant bronchogenic cyst mimicking tension pneumothorax
- Author
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Hasan Ozal, A. Hakan Vural, and Serhat Yalcinkaya
- Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Bronchogenic cyst ,Thoracostomy ,Unnecessary Procedures ,Resection ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Pneumonectomy ,Bronchogenic Cyst ,Young Adult ,medicine ,Humans ,Diagnostic Errors ,business.industry ,Pneumothorax ,Adult case ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Tension pneumothorax ,Surgery ,Early Diagnosis ,Treatment Outcome ,Female ,Radiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Lung tissue ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
Bronchogenic cysts are usually discovered only incidentally in the adult. A giant bronchogenic cyst in a 19-year-old woman presenting with pain and shortness of breath was mistaken for tension pneumothorax and initially treated with tube thoracostomy. Giant bullae were diagnosed by computed tomography. Bullae resection was undertaken, but the remaining lung tissue required pneumonectomy. Pathologic examination of the specimen confirmed bronchogenic cyst.
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- 2010