The authors describe a case of a retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst in a 36-year-old female. She presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. An MRI scan revealed an 8 cm cystic lesion in the left upper retroperitoneum, with intermediate signal on T2-weighted images, high signal on T1 weighted images, and lack of internal enhancement after gadolinium. After laparoscopic excision, the histology findings were compatible with a bronchogenic cyst, which is extremely uncommon in the retroperitoneum.
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Castro R, Oliveira MI, Fernandes T, Madureira AJ Are you the author?
Department of Radiology, Hospital de S. João, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
Reference: Case Rep Radiol. 2013;2013:853795 (Epub 2013 Dec 4)
doi: 10.1155/2013/853795
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24381777
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