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Case Reports

Intrabronchial Rupture of Bronchogenic Cyst

^a Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Billroth Hospitals, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, India
^b Department of Anesthesiology, Billroth Hospitals, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, India
^c Department of Chest Medicine, Billroth Hospitals, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, India
^d Department of Thoracic Surgery, Santosham Chest Hospital and Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India

Accepted for publication October 10, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Thiagarajamurthy, Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Billroth Hospitals, 43 Lakshmi Talkies Rd, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, 600030, India (Email: moorti{at}gmail.com).

Bronchogenic cysts are the most common cystic masses in the mediastinum. They are generally asymptomatic and are detected incidentally on chest radiographs as a smooth homogeneous mediastinal/pulmonary opacity. Intrapleural, intraesophageal, and pericardial rupture of these cysts have been commonly reported. We report a case of life-threatening intrabronchial rupture of a subcarinal bronchogenic cyst successfully treated by an emergency thoracotomy deroofing.