foregut duplication cysts
Image Gallery
foregut cysts, thoracic
Definition: Foregut duplications are rare entities that include both esophageal and bronchogenic cysts. Foregut duplication cysts are malformations developing from the endoderm and mesoderm of the digestive and respiratory system in the early weeks of gestation.
Unilocular or multilocular dysontogenic cysts are most commonly thoracically located adjacent to the trachea and bronchus.
TYpes
bronchogenic cyst
oesophageal duplication (oesophageal enteric cyst)