Capcane de diagnostic în patologia pulmonară malformativă la copil

Bronchogenic cyst in children is a lung malformative pathology that can often be confused with the initial presentation of infectious or tumor processes. The symp­toms may be minimal when bronchogenic cysts are found accidentally, or mimicking complicated bacterial lung infections. Imaging (lung CT or MRI) describes the lesion, and the surgical resection is postponed until the cyst becomes symptomatic or, frequently, overinfected. The authors present two recent cases of children diagnosed with bronchogenic cyst – at the age of small infant, and at 5 years old, with their peculiarities of presentation and evolution.