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Case Reports

Clinicopathologic Demonstration of Complex Bronchopulmonary Foregut Malformation

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
^b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Accepted for publication December 18, 2007.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Tezel, Yazmac Tahir sok 51/9 A Blok, Bostanc-Istanbul, 34744, Turkey (Email: mdcagatay{at}hotmail.com).

Bronchopulmonary foregut malformations are rare and often prove to be extremely difficult to diagnose. The presented case is a 44-year-old man complaining about cough and hemoptysis. These symptoms continued despite medical treatment. A computed thorax tomographic scan depicted a paravertebral cystic lesion. The patient underwent surgical exploration, and communication between the cyst and the esophagus was found. A left lower lobectomy was performed. The pathologic result confirmed a duplication cyst of mixed bronchogenic and esophageal type with bronchiectasis of the lower lobe. We present this unusual malformation complex especially in an adult with the review of the literature.