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Pedunculated parietal pleural lesion: a rare presentation of bronchogenic cyst.

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Radiology, Heart and Lung Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Annals of thoracic surgery (impact factor: 3.74). 08/2011; 92(2):714-5. DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.028
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ABSTRACT We present a 35-year-old man with a preoperative diagnosis of a right lower lobe cystic mass. Misled by a radiological suggestion of an intraparenchymal lesion, he had a thoracotomy and right lower lobectomy. An intraoperative finding of a pedunculated cyst arising from the parietal pleural with subsequent histopathology confirmation of a benign bronchogenic cyst, however, would have made a less invasive surgical excision more appropriate.

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Keywords

35-year-old man
 
benign bronchogenic cyst
 
invasive surgical excision
 
lower lobe cystic mass
 
lower lobectomy
 
pedunculated cyst
 
subsequent histopathology confirmation