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Oesophageal duplication cyst: Another cause of neonatal respiratory distress
R. J. Stewart, FRCS, Surgical Registrar. J. Bruce, FRCS, Surgical Registrar. S. W. Beasley, MS, FRACS, Consultant Surgeon.
Abstract
Oesophageal duplication cysts in infants (usually males) should be recognized as a cause of respiratory distress which worsens during the neonatal period, and which is associated with feeding difficulties. Their radiological appearance is that of a right-sided posterior mediastinal mass, which is shown to be cystic on ultrasound. Excision is curative.
