Robotic thoracic surgery of the anterior superior mediastinal bronchogenic cyst.

Abstract

The patient, a 48-year-old man, was admitted due to “chest pain for 20 days” and “presence of anterior superior mediastinal mass”. He suffered from chest pain 20 days ago, which became severer when coughing. However, no tenderness or heart palpitations were noted. Chest CT at the local hospital showed a roundish hypodense lesion at the anterior superior mediastinum. Further abdominal ultrasound in a medical university-affiliated hospital showed no other abnormality. He then visited our hospital for further management. His general conditions were acceptable. The chest pain persisted, which became severer when coughing. He also had chest tightness and mildly irritating dry cough. However, he had no fever, night sweats, heart palpitations, or precordial discomfort. His mental status, physical performance, appetite, and sleep were normal, and the body weight did not obviously change. Urination and defecation were normal.