Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of recurrent intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst after thoracotomy

Intrapulmonary bronchogenic cysts are typically treated surgically by lobectomy to completely excise the cyst to minimize risk for recurrence. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is being used with increasing frequency to manage intrathoracic pathology. We present a patient who underwent resection...

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Published in:Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2014-03, Vol.9 (2), p.142-144
Main Authors: Hynes, Conor F, Marshall, M Blair
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bronchogenic Cyst - diagnostic imaging
Bronchogenic Cyst - surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Reoperation
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods
Thoracotomy - methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Intrapulmonary bronchogenic cysts are typically treated surgically by lobectomy to completely excise the cyst to minimize risk for recurrence. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is being used with increasing frequency to manage intrathoracic pathology. We present a patient who underwent resection of a bronchogenic cyst 20 years before. She developed a symptomatic recurrence, and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was used to lyse adhesions from her previous posterolateral thoracotomy and perform an intraparenchymal dissection to resect the pathologic lesion while sparing the remaining parenchyma of her right upper lobe. At 2 years of follow-up, the patient is without evidence of recurrence.
ISSN:1556-9845
1559-0879
DOI:10.1097/imi.0000000000000057