Table 1.
Endoscopic ultrasound and contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of thorax findings
| Case number | EUS | CECT thorax | ||||
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| Echogenicity | Atypical findings | FNAC | Location of the cyst in the oesophagus | Size (cm3) | Complications of the cyst | |
| Case 1 | Hypoechoic | Nil | Mucoid material | Left lateral wall of the distal 3rd | 4.3×3.8×4.2 | Probably infected |
| Case 2 | Hypoechoic with internal septa | Nil | N/P | Left posterolateral wall of the mid 3rd | 3.9×3.8×3.9 | Probable fistulation into the lumen |
| Case 3 | Hypoechoic | Nil | N/P | Left lateral wall of the distal 3rd | 9.2×4.5×6.6 | Nil |
| Case 4 | Hypoechoic | Nil | N/P | Right lateral wall of the mid 3rd | 4.8×3.6×4.4 | Nil |
| Case 5 | Hypoechoic | Nil | Mucoid material | Left lateral wall of the distal 3rd | 7.0×6.5×3.9 | Nil |
| Case 6 | N/P | N/P | N/P | Right lateral wall of the distal 3rd | 5×5×3 | Nil |
EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound, CECT: Contrast-enhanced computed tomography, FNAC: Fine-needle aspiration cytology, N/P: Not performed