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Bronchial cyst of the posterior mediastinum misdiagnosed as ganglioneuroma: a case report and literature review |
| Yi Bao*, Qiong Liu, Hang Li, Wei Huang, Zhibing Ai |
| Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China |
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Abstract Objective: to investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics of bronchial cyst of the posterior mediastinum misdiagnosed as a ganglioneuroma, and to improve the level of their diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment. Methods: the clinical data and pathological findings of a young woman misdiagnosed with a ganglioneuroma was collected and analyzed, and the relevant literature were reviewed. Results: the patient had no specific clinical symptoms. The right posterior mediastinum was accidentally found due to a physical examination for COVID-19. The enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) showed a ganglioneuroma. After a thoracoscopic resection of the lesion, a pathological diagnosis revealed a posterior mediastinal bronchial cyst. Conclusion: bronchial cyst of the mediastinum is rare and their clinical symptoms are atypical and can be easily diagnosed as a ganglioneuroma. It can be preliminarily judged by laboratory and imaging examination and confirmed by pathological examination. The main treatment is surgical resection.
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ganglioneuroma
mediastinal bronchial cyst
misdiagnosis
thoracoscopy
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Issue Date: 23 November 2022
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