Intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst overriding the pulmonary artery.

Abstract

We describe a case of a 3-year-old child with an intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst arising from the pericardium overlying the pulmonary artery found incidentally at the time of elective repair of a sinus venosus atrial septal defect with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return. A cystic mass overriding the right pulmonary artery was resected and diagnostic studies revealed multiple loculated cysts lined by respiratory mucosa with cartilage and smooth muscle in the wall consistent with a bronchogenic cyst. The cyst was completely resected and postoperative recovery was uneventful.

• Authors: L L Somwaru, F M Midgley, G B Di Russo
• Journal: Pediatric cardiology (Pediatr Cardiol) Vol. 26 Issue 5 Pg. 713-4 ( 2005) ISSN: 0172-0643 [Print] United States
• PMID: 16096871 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Bronchogenic Cyst (diagnosis, surgery)
• Cardiac Surgical Procedures
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Heart Septal Defects, Atrial (pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Incidental Findings
• Pericardium (pathology, surgery)
• Pulmonary Artery (pathology, surgery)
• Pulmonary Veins (pathology, surgery)