title: Congenital cyst and heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the oesophagus.
abstract: A patient with a congenital oesophageal cyst and heterotopic pancreatic tissue adjacent to the cyst is presented. This finding supports the embryogenic hypothesis presented by Lewis and Thyng, according to which congenital oesophageal cysts develop from persisting small diverticula of the foregut, which often contain heterotopic pancreatic tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dlouhy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Virtanen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004934:Esophageal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas