A 43-year-old man presented with dizziness, head instability, and facial reddening, always in relation to body posture and without fever or systemic manifestations. Chest radiography revealed a large cavity with an air-fluid level in the right upper hemithorax. A right upper lobectomy was performed to remove a large bronchogenic cyst. The presentation with cardiac but no respiratory symptoms is uncommon but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with intrathoracic cysts.
St-GeorgesRDeslauriersJDuranceauAVaillancourtRDeschampsCBeauchampG. Clinical spectrum of bronchogenic cysts of the mediastinum and lung in the adult. Ann Thorac Surg1991;52:6–13.
2.
PatelSRMeekerDPBiscottiCVKirbyTJRiceTW. Presentations and management of bronchogenic cysts in the adult. Chest1994;106:79–85.
3.
LardinoisDGuggerMRisHB. Bronchogenic cyst of the lower lobe associated with severe hemoptysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg1999;16:382–3.
4.
MatzingerMAMatzingerFRSachsHJ. Intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst: spontaneous pneumothorax as the presenting symptom. AJR1992;58:987–8.
5.
AktoğuSYuncuGHalilçolarHErmeteSBuduneliT. Bronchogenic cysts: clinicopathological presentation and treatment. Eur Respir J1996;9:2017–21.
6.
SanliAÖnenACeylanEYilmazESilistreliEAcikelU. A case of bronchogenic cyst in a rare location. Ann Thorac Surg2004;77:1093–4.
7.
YimAPLamHCHoJK. Thoracoscopic lobectomy for an infected intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst. Surg Endosc1996;10:439–40.
