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Contributors: Casey Silver MD, Mary Anne Morgan MD, Ryan R. Walsh MD, Joshua J. Jarvis MD, Alastair Moore MD, Michael W. Winter MD
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Bronchogenic cyst : Cough, Cyanosis, Dysphagia, Dyspnea, Stridor
A bronchogenic cyst is a congenital respiratory tract malformation arising as an embryonic out-pouching of the foregut or trachea. Bronchogenic cysts can be found anywhere along the tracheobronchial tree and are often asymptomatic unless they become infected. Cysts typically appear as sharply marginated, water-density lesions on chest x-ray and may contain air-fluid levels when infected.

Symptoms can vary, but patients will present with failure to thrive or with airway obstruction. Failure to thrive is likely due to dysphagia and subsequent poor oral nutrition intake. Hemoptysis can occur when the bronchogenic cyst erodes into surrounding vasculature.

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ICD10CM:
J98.4 – Other disorders of lung

SNOMEDCT:
762195006 – Congenital bronchogenic cyst

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A medical illustration showing key findings of Bronchogenic cyst : Cough, Cyanosis, Dysphagia, Dyspnea, Stridor
Imaging Studies image of Bronchogenic cyst - imageId=6831484. Click to open in gallery. caption: '<span>Axial MRI image of the chest demonstrates a circumscribed lesion in the left posterior mediastinum which is intermediate in intensity on T1 and hyperintense on T2 consistent with a proteinaceous cyst (straight black arrow).</span>'
Axial MRI image of the chest demonstrates a circumscribed lesion in the left posterior mediastinum which is intermediate in intensity on T1 and hyperintense on T2 consistent with a proteinaceous cyst (straight black arrow).

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