Bronchogenic cyst mimicking ischemic heart disease

Lung India. 2012 Oct;29(4):376-7. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.102838.

Abstract

Bronchogenic cysts are generally asymptomatic and are detected incidentally by radiographic imaging as a smooth homogeneous mediastinal/pulmonary lesion. We present a case of a large bronchogenic cyst in the posterior mediastinum mimicking ischemic heart disease in a 70-year-old man with unknown heart disease. In patients with chest pain the rare case of a bronchogenic cyst has to be considered for management of atypical angina pectoris.

Keywords: Bronchogenic cyst; ischemic heart disease; posterior mediastinum.