Endodermal and coelomic mediastinal cysts
Bortolani, E.M.; Ghilardi, G.
Minerva Chirurgica 44(8): 1275-1278
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 2761727 Document Number: 338931
Eight cases of mediastinal cysts of endodermic and celomatic origin were operated on at Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e Cardiovascolare, University of Milano: two were bronchogenic cysts, two enteric and four pericardial. Embryology, morphologic presentation, clinical feature and diagnostic aspects are discussed for each group of cysts. The most modern techniques, radiological or not, available for the preoperative diagnosis are illustrated and the indication to surgical treatment of these benign mediastinal lesions is discussed.