[Intrathoracic compression of the respiratory tracts caused by broncho- and enterogenic mediastinal cysts in children].

Over the period 1983-1999 examination was done together with a surgical treatment of ten children with bronchogenic (BG) and enterogenic (EG) cysts of the mediastinum, their ages ranging between 2 months to 13 years, having been kept under medical surveillance in the clinic for thoracoabdominal surgery of developmental anomalies in children. In 80 percent of patients intrathoracic compression of the respiratory tracts caused by the above cysts was diagnosed. 87.5 percent of patients had inflammatory bronchopulmonary problems, 12.5 percent had secondary tracheomalacia as complications of BG and EG cysts. BG and EG complications of the mediastinum affect the outcome of surgical treatment.