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A bronchogenic cyst under the scapula with a fistula on the back

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A 20-year-old patient with a chronic fistula located at the left scapular region caused by a deep located subscapular bronchogenic cyst is described.

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Acknowledgments

M. Lammens, MD, PhD, pathologist, kindly provided the histological section presented in Figs. 2 and 3. For this case report, there was no funding.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Arjan P. Schouten van der Velden & Theo Wobbes

  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    René S. V. M. Severijnen

  3. Department of Surgical Oncology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Theo Wobbes

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Schouten van der Velden, A.P., Severijnen, R.S.V.M. & Wobbes, T. A bronchogenic cyst under the scapula with a fistula on the back. Pediatr Surg Int 22, 857–860 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-006-1753-1

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