Heterotopic nervous tissue in the lungs.
Foci of heterotopic nervous tissue, including ganglion-cells, were found in the lungs of an anencephalic foetus. The nine cases in the literature are reviewed. Only in two of these cases was the histological investigation sufficiently detailed to establish the nature of the ectopic tissue. In all but one case the condition was associated with gross malformation of the brain.
D000757:Anencephaly / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male