Thoracoscopic resection of thoracic esophageal duplication cyst containing ectopic pancreatic tissue in adult

Esophageal duplication cyst is a rare congenital anomaly. They can be associated with other congenital anomalies, such as spinal abnormalities, and tracheoesophageal fistulas. In adults, almost of the patients with esophageal duplication cyst is asymptomatic and accidentally diagnosed by chest X-ray or computed tomography. However, cysts may become symptomatic owing to complications such as esophageal stenosis, respiratory system compression, rupture, infarction, or malignancy. Complete surgical resection is the standard treatment even in patients with asymptomatic cysts. Traditional approach for resection is via thoracotomy. But, the thoracoscopic approach makes more indicate for mediastinal diseases, because of minimally invasive for patients. We describe a case with esophageal duplication cyst, which contained the ectopic pancreatic tissue in the solid portion, resected under the thoracoscopic approach in adult

Keywords : abnormalities,Adult,Choristoma,complications,congenital,Cysts,diagnostic imaging,Esophageal Cyst,Esophageal Stenosis,Female,Humans,Infarction,Japan,Pancreas,Patients,Rupture,surgery,Thoracoscopy,Thoracotomy,Tomography,X-Ray Computed,Young Adult,, Resection,Thoracic,Esophageal,Duplication, piriformis syndrome causes back pain

Date of Publication : 2011 Sep 25

Authors : Takemura M;Yoshida K;Morimura K;

Organisation : Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1, Mukogawa-machi, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan. mtake@hyo-med.ac.jp

Journal of Publication : J Cardiothorac Surg

Pubmed Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21943206

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