[Mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst].
This article presents a case of pseudocyst of the pancreas, clinically manifested as a benign tumor of the mediastinum. The cyst had spread from the retroperitoneum into the posterior lower mediastinum behind the oesophagus. The diagnosis was proved by the histological examination of the Wall and by analysis of amylase of the cyst contents, for the intraoperatively discovered cyst of the pancreas, the wide drainage into the pleural cavity has been an effective procedure. According to the data of the literature the mediastinal location of the pseudocyst of the pancreas is very rare.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
Mediastinalna psevdocista pankreasa