In their recent article, Chafik and colleagues1 reported the case of a 51-year old man who presented with an intramural esophageal bronchogenic cyst that was successfully resected through a standard thoracotomy. Bronchogenic cysts occur more frequently in the mediastinum around the tracheobronchial tree or within the lung parenchyma. As for the risk of symptomatic compression, the topography of the cyst appears to be more important than its volume; in fact cysts located in the upper mediastinum may produce more compression than those located in the middle or inferior mediastinum.
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