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. 2017 Jan 6:4:2333794X16686492.
doi: 10.1177/2333794X16686492. eCollection 2017.

An Unusual Cause of Pediatric Dysphagia: Bronchogenic Cyst

Abha Kaistha  1 , Jeremiah Levine  1
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An Unusual Cause of Pediatric Dysphagia: Bronchogenic Cyst

Abha Kaistha et al. Glob Pediatr Health. .
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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Barium upper gastrointestinal study showing mass effect on left lateral aspect of esophagus (arrow).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Axial computed tomography scan after intravenous contrast shows low attenuation mass in the posterior mediastinum (arrow), anterior to the aorta, inseparable from the esophagus.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Sagittal reconstructed image from the computed tomography scan showing cystic mass in the posterior mediastinum (arrow).
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Low-power (2× objective) view of a cross-section of the cyst showing the discontinuous submucosal smooth muscle (star), and cartilage plates (arrowheads) admixed with glands (arrows) in a fibrovascular outer wall.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
High-power (20× objective) view demonstrating the ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium.
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