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| Year : 2001 | Volume
: 47
| Issue : 4 | Page : 235-9 |
Surgical pathology of cystic lesions of the mediastinum.
M Petkar, P Vaideeswar, JR Deshpande
Histopathology Division, Laboratory Department, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait., Kuwait
Correspondence Address:
M Petkar
Histopathology Division, Laboratory Department, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait.
Kuwait
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 11832637 
BACKGROUND: Mediastinal cysts are uncommonly encountered in a pathologist's experience. AIMS: To study the incidence, location, clinical presentation and histologic subtypes of cysts in the mediastinum. MATERIALS and METHODS: Cystic lesions of the mediastinum, surgically excised over a period of 22 years were studied after retrieval of relevant clinical data and slides. RESULTS: Thirty-nine mediastinal cysts were encountered in the study period. Most of the patients (81.5 %) were symptomatic. Histologically, foregut cysts (19 cases, 50 %) were the most common followed by teratomatous cysts (ten cases, 26.3 %) and thymic cysts (four cases, 10.5 %). Bronchogenic cysts represented 63 % of the fore-gut cysts. Unusual lesions in the form of cystic mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis and cystic schwannoma were seen in three patients. CONCLUSIONS: Despite varied location and histology, clinical presentation of mediastinal cysts are similar. Surgical intervention is the preferred line of management.
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