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Mediastinal esophageal cyst causing unilateral hyperlucent lung

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Unilateral emphysema secondary to bronchial obstruction by a foregut-derived mediastinal cyst is rare. Here we describe an infant with a unilateral hyperlucent lung due to compression on the left main bronchus by an esophageal cyst, visualized by chest computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. A chest roentgenogram and a perfusion scan presented the normalized left lung after resection of the cyst.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

    Taizo Fukumoto, Tadashi Uyama, Shoji Sakiyama, Kazuya Kondo & Yasumasa Monden

  2. Department of Surgery, Kagawa Prefectural Tsuda Hospital, Okawagun, Kagawa, Japan

    Tadashi Uyama

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Fukumoto, T., Uyama, T., Sakiyama, S. et al. Mediastinal esophageal cyst causing unilateral hyperlucent lung. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 47, 141–143 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03217959

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