Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler

Bronchogenic cyst is a congenital abnormality arising from the tracheobronchial system. Localisation of such cysts in the head and neck region is rare. We report a girl in her early childhood with a painless enlarging right lateral neck mass diagnosed with a branchial cleft cyst based on clinical an...

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Main Authors: Ooi, Kar Mun, Saniasiaya, Jeyasakthy, Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi, Ong, Diana-Bee Lan
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-256699
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spelling my.um.eprints.448912024-11-18T07:14:13Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/44891/ Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler Ooi, Kar Mun Saniasiaya, Jeyasakthy Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi Ong, Diana-Bee Lan R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Bronchogenic cyst is a congenital abnormality arising from the tracheobronchial system. Localisation of such cysts in the head and neck region is rare. We report a girl in her early childhood with a painless enlarging right lateral neck mass diagnosed with a branchial cleft cyst based on clinical and radiological MRI findings. An incidental finding of a cervical bronchogenic cyst was made on the final histopathological specimen. Although rare, bronchogenic cysts should be considered as differential diagnoses for paediatric patients' lateral and midline cervical masses. © 2024 BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Published by BMJ. BMJ Publishing Group 2024 Article PeerReviewed Ooi, Kar Mun and Saniasiaya, Jeyasakthy and Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi and Ong, Diana-Bee Lan (2024) Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler. BMJ Case Reports, 17 (1). e256699. ISSN 1757-790X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-256699 <https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-256699>. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-256699 10.1136/bcr-2023-256699
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topic R Medicine (General)
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Ooi, Kar Mun
Saniasiaya, Jeyasakthy
Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi
Ong, Diana-Bee Lan
Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler
description Bronchogenic cyst is a congenital abnormality arising from the tracheobronchial system. Localisation of such cysts in the head and neck region is rare. We report a girl in her early childhood with a painless enlarging right lateral neck mass diagnosed with a branchial cleft cyst based on clinical and radiological MRI findings. An incidental finding of a cervical bronchogenic cyst was made on the final histopathological specimen. Although rare, bronchogenic cysts should be considered as differential diagnoses for paediatric patients' lateral and midline cervical masses. © 2024 BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Published by BMJ.
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author Ooi, Kar Mun
Saniasiaya, Jeyasakthy
Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi
Ong, Diana-Bee Lan
author_facet Ooi, Kar Mun
Saniasiaya, Jeyasakthy
Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi
Ong, Diana-Bee Lan
author_sort Ooi, Kar Mun
title Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler
title_short Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler
title_full Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler
title_fullStr Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler
title_full_unstemmed Cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler
title_sort cervical bronchogenic cyst in a toddler
publisher BMJ Publishing Group
publishDate 2024
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/44891/
https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-256699
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