Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2025; 17(8): 108692
Published online Aug 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i8.108692
Clinicopathological and endoscopic ultrasonography characteristics of esophageal bronchogenic cysts: A single-center study
Guo-Dong Shan, Long-Gui Ning, Fen-Ming Zhang, Hao-Jie Du, Wen-Guo Chen, Jing-Jie Wang, Ai-Qing Li, Guo-Qiang Xu, Hong-Tan Chen
Guo-Dong Shan, Long-Gui Ning, Fen-Ming Zhang, Hao-Jie Du, Wen-Guo Chen, Jing-Jie Wang, Ai-Qing Li, Guo-Qiang Xu, Hong-Tan Chen, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Co-first authors: Guo-Dong Shan and Long-Gui Ning.
Author contributions: Shan GD and Ning LG analyzed and interpreted data and wrote the first draft of the manuscript, they contributed equally to this article, they are the co-first authors of this manuscript; Ning LG performed the statistical analysis; Shan GD and Chen HT contributed to the conception and design of the study; Ning LG, Zhang FM, Du HJ, Chen WG, Wang JJ, and Li AQ contributed to the acquisition of data; Xu GQ and Chen HT critically revised the manuscript; and all authors contributed to the article, and approved the submitted version.
Supported by Zhejiang Provincial Medical and Health Science and Technology Project, No. 2022-KY1-001-198.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine First Affiliated Hospital, No. 211 for Research of 2022-Fast.
Informed consent statement: This is a retrospective study, and we have applied for an informed consent waiver from the ethics committee.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The data related to this article is available from the corresponding author (chenhongtan@zju.edu.cn).
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Corresponding author: Hong-Tan Chen, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China. chenhongtan@zju.edu.cn
Received: April 21, 2025
Revised: May 30, 2025
Accepted: July 10, 2025
Published online: August 27, 2025
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Core Tip: Esophageal bronchogenic cysts (EBCs) are usually discovered incidentally during radiologic or endoscopic examinations. They are rare and prone to misdiagnosis or mistreatment. We retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathological and endoscopic ultrasonography features of 22 patients with EBCs. Our findings emphasize the critical role of endoscopic ultrasonography for the preoperative diagnosis and treatment of EBCs.