| Bronchogenic Cyst
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Etiology
• Congenital
malformation
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Pathogenesis
• Abnormal formation of bronchiole in fetal development.
• Mechanism unknown.,
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Epidemiology
• Rare finding in the pediatric population.
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General Gross Description
•
Delicate thin walled cyst
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Ciliated respiratory type epithelium lines cyst.
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• May
cause dyspnea, atelectasis, or hyperinflation with obstruction
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References
• Saldana MJ. Pathology of pulmonary Disease. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1994, pp. 80.
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| Bronchogenic Cyst
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T28000M26500)[133]
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