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RODRIGUEZ CONCEPCION, Juana del Pilar et al. Bronchogenic cyst. Presentation of a case. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.3, pp. 68-77. ISSN 1608-8921.

Background: The bronchogenic cysts constitute 10% of the mediastinum masses in children. They are presented in the childhood in form of breathing distress. In bigger children and adults the presentation form is as a recurrent breathing sepsis and frequently happen in an asymptomatic way, which are diagnosed through the discovery in a thorax x-ray. Objective: To describe a clinical case of bronchogenic cyst, uncommon in mature ages. Presentation: A 55 years old  patient with antecedents of chronicle obstructive lung illness, arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus type II, remitted by the area of health to the General Hospital "Camilo Cienfuegos" of Sancti Spiritus for recurrent clinical manifestations of breathing sepsis, associated to dyspnea, humid cough and thoracic pain. In the radiological studies radiopacity was verified in right lung parenchyma, suggestive image of bronchogenic cysts. Medical treatment was indicated, it was differed for surgical proceeding to be classified as patient of high risk by its pathological antecedents. The novelty of the case is the uncommon of the diagnosis in mature patients. Conclusions: The bronchogenic cysts are uncommon to diagnose them in mature ages, they can remain asymptomatic or to get complicated in any moment of their evolution with recurrent pneumonias or more serious breathing sepsis. It can always be defined the diagnosis in these cases after discarding the presence of a lung neoplasia, it is not always possible the surgical resection.

Palavras-chave : Bronchogenic cyst; mediastinum tumor; bronchial illness; pneumonia/epidemiology.

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