An unusual cyst of posterior mediastinum: Mullerian cyst

Mehmet Dakak; Barış Poyraz; Şafak Bulut; Cihangir Doğu; Selçuk Bilgin

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.7670

Mehmet Dakak¹, Barış Poyraz², Şafak Bulut³, Cihangir Doğu⁴, Selçuk Bilgin⁴

¹Departments of Thoracic Surgery, TOBB ETÜ Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Departments of Thoracic Diseases, TOBB ETÜ Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
³Departments of Pathology, TOBB ETÜ Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
⁴Departments of Intensive Care Unit, TOBB ETÜ Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.7670

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In this article, we report a rarely seen and newly categorized mediastinal cyst called Mullerian cyst. A 51-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with the complaint of dysphagia. The chest computed tomography scan revealed a posterior mediastinal cystic lesion with a diameter of 2.7 centimeters. The patient underwent right thoracotomy.

Keywords : Mediastinum; Mullerian cyst; surgery

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