Biomaterial Database

Thoracoscopic lobectomy for an infected intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst. 1996

A P Yim, and H C Lam, and J K Ho

Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.

A 19-year-old male who presented with cough and fever was found to have an 8-cm cyst in his left lung. Video-assisted thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy was performed. The cyst had to be decompressed by needle aspiration prior to retrieval through a 5-cm minithoracotomy. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 4 in good condition. The technical aspects form the basis of this report.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008168	Lung	Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.	Lungs
D008297	Male		Males
D001994	Bronchogenic Cyst	A usually spherical cyst, arising as an embryonic out-pouching of the foregut or trachea. It is generally found in the mediastinum or lung and is usually asymptomatic unless it becomes infected.	Bronchial Cyst,Bronchial Cysts,Bronchogenic Cysts,Cyst, Bronchial,Cyst, Bronchogenic,Cysts, Bronchial,Cysts, Bronchogenic
D003371	Cough	A sudden, audible expulsion of air from the lungs through a partially closed glottis, preceded by inhalation. It is a protective response that serves to clear the trachea, bronchi, and/or lungs of irritants and secretions, or to prevent aspiration of foreign materials into the lungs.	Coughs
D004724	Endoscopy	Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.	Endoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic,Endoscopic Surgical Procedure,Endoscopy, Surgical,Surgical Endoscopy,Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic,Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
D005334	Fever	An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process.	Pyrexia,Fevers,Pyrexias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013906	Thoracoscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the pleural cavity.	Endoscopy, Pleural,Pleural Endoscopy,Pleuroscopy,Surgical Procedures, Thoracoscopic,Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgery, Thoracoscopic,Thoracoscopic Surgery,Endoscopies, Pleural,Pleural Endoscopies,Pleuroscopies,Surgeries, Thoracoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Thoracoscopic,Thoracoscopic Surgeries,Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedure,Thoracoscopies
D013908	Thoracotomy	Surgical incision into the chest wall.	Thoracotomies