All issues > Volume 31(7); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(7):924-929. Published online July 31, 1988.

A Case of Mediastinal Gastroenteric Cyst.

Hong Ryang kil¹, Hye Suk Hong¹, Yang Won Lee¹, Jong Jin Seo¹, Young hun Chung¹, Seung Pyung Lim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Dae Jeon, Korea
²Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Dae Jeon, Korea

Received: November 14, 1987;  Accepted: February 5, 1988.

Abstract

Among heterogenous group of developmental anomalies known as enteric duplication, mediastinal gastroenteric cysts are rare and of outstanding diagnostic importance, because without definitive treatment they can be fatal. Unlike other mediastinal cysts they are almost never asymtomatic. The authors experienced a case of mediastinal gastroenteric cyst in 1 year 7 month-old female patient with chief complaint of abnormal mass density in chest X-ray. The authors presented a case of mediastinal gastroenteric cyst and reviewed the referential literatures.

Keywords :Gastroenteric cyst, mediastinal tumor