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A Case of Cutaneous Bronchogenic Cyst Over the Left Scapula
Author(s) -
Yu HeeJoon,
Kwon HyeokMan,
Park JinWoo,
Hwang DongKyu,
Ahn DuckKyoon,
Park Yong Wook
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2001.tb00034.x
Subject(s) - bronchogenic cyst , foregut , anatomy , cyst , sinus (botany) , scapula , medicine , pathology , biology , botany , genus
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.