Bronchogenic cyst
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MeSH | D009404 |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Bronchial cyst
Overview
Bronchogenic cyst is a congenital malformation of the tracheobronchial tree derived from the ventral aspect of the foregut[3]. It is most frequently occurs in the middle mediastinum, in the early stages of gestation or in the lungs, at the later stages of gestation.
Historical Perspective
There is currently no information on the historical perspective of bronchogenic cyst.
Classification
Bronchogenic cyst can be classified as follows
Bronchogenic cyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pulmonary | Extra-pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plural | Tracheobronchial tree | Cervical | Mediastinal | Abdominal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Viseral | Parietal | Paratracheal | Carinal | Hilar | esophageal | Cardiac | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intraperitoneal | Retroperitoneal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diphragmatic | Gastric | Hepatic | Spinal | Adrenal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paraspinal | Intraspina; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pathophysiology
It is thought that bronchogenic cyst arises from abnormal budding of the ventral portion of the primitive foregut, destined to become the lung bud or tracheobronchial tree [1]. This abnormal is thought to occur at week 6 or between days 26 - 40 of Template:Gestation
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