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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000;18:117-119
© 2000 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Asymptomatic congenital oesophageal cyst infiltrating the lung: an unusual complication

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, UK

Received 22 November 1999; received in revised form 28 February 2000; accepted 29 March 2000.

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An asymptomatic 14-year-old boy presented with minor chest trauma. Chest X-ray showed opacity in the upper zone of the left lung. Further investigations with magnetic resonance imaging showed it to be a posterior mediastinal mass with a fistula to the lung, along with cystic changes in the left upper lobe of lung. Left upper lobectomy with excision of the mass was performed. Histological examination later showed an oesophageal duplication cyst with a fistula to the left upper lobe of the lung. We present this unusual complication of an oesophageal cyst infiltrating the lung in an asymptomatic child.

Key Words: Oesophageal duplication cyst • Lung fistula