• S Afr J Surg · May 2002

    Case Reports

    An unusual pleural cyst in a child presenting as a pseudo-pneumothorax. Case report.

    • A Reddi and R Chetty.
    • Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Pathology, Wentworth Hospital and University of Natal, Durban.
    • S Afr J Surg. 2002 May 1; 40 (2): 60-2.

    AbstractThis case highlights an unusual pleural cyst in a 3-year-old child that simulated a pneumothorax on chest radiograph. The child presented with mild respiratory distress and the 'pneumothorax' failed to respond to pleural intubation. At thoracotomy, a 10 cm air-filled cyst was found attached to the visceral pleura by a narrow pedicle. This was transfixed and divided, with removal of the cyst. Postoperatively, the lung expanded and the child recovered without any sequelae. Histological examination of the cyst showed it to be lined with mesothelial cells. It is suggested that this cyst arose from a mesothelial inclusion cyst or sub-mesothelial pleural tissue, which communicated with the peripheral lung tissue.

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