Personal experience in the diagnosis and management of two patients, one adult and one child, with pathologically proven bronchogenic cysts is described. Both patients presented with a solitary neck mass that proved to be bronchogenic cysts on histological examination. Aim of the review is to define the cytology, histopathological and clinical characteristics of bronchogenic cysts and discuss the features that distinguish them from other cervical cysts. Definitive treatment requires surgical excision.
Presentiamo la nostra esperienza riguardante due pazienti, adulto e bambino, affetti da cisti broncogena. Entrambi i pazienti presentavano una massa del collo diagnosticata come cisti broncogena. Lo scopo del presente articolo è quello di definire, mediante la citologia, l’istopatologia e l’imaging, le caratteristiche cliniche della cisti broncogena, discutendo i fattori che la distinguono da altre cisti cervicali. Il trattamento definitivo richiede l’escissione chirurgica.
Keywords: Bronchogenic cyst; Congenital cyst; Malformations; Neck.