Unusual mode of presentation of intrathoracic bronchogenic cyst: A double location

•The intrathoracic location of bronchogenic cyst (double location).•The mode of presentation and history of cysts, introduction of tuberculosis, non visualization of the mediastinal lesion.•The good result of complete resection.

A 63 year old woman presenting chronic back pain and neuralgia had abnormal shadow on chest radiograph. She has a history of pulmonary tuberculosis treated in 1977. The chest-CT scan showed a soft tissue mass in the lower lobe of the right lung and a cystic mass in the paravertebral region. The patient had right lower lobectomy and complete excision of a paraoesophageal cyst. Both masses were bronchogenic cysts at histology. The patient had an uneventful discharge the seventh postoperative day. After 4 years and 7 months of follow-up with CT-scann, the patient was free of symptoms with no evidence of recurrent disease.