Serious Respiratory Distress Caused by Giant Enteric Cyst


Turkyilmaz A., AYDIN Y., Celik M., EROĞLU A.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, no.1, pp.66-68, 2007 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.66-68
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Enteric cysts are rare congenital mediastinal lesions. They are usually hollow or tubular, epithelium-lined structures attached to the gastrointestinal tract. During the embryonic stage, enteric cysts are supposed to derive from an anomaly in primitive foregut development. Of all enterogenic cysts, 7% to 20% are located in the chest. Thoracic enteric cysts are 1-2% of mediastinal cysts. These cysts are commonly located in the right posterior mediastinum and rarely isolated. A 17-day-old male baby presented with respiratory distress and was diagnosed with a large posterior mediastinal cystic mass. The cyst was completely excised through a right posterolateral thoracotomy. Histopathological study of the cyst was consistent with enteric cyst. In this report, a baby with serious respiratory distress arising from a giant isolated enteric cyst was discussed in the light of literature data.