Ectopic mediastinal pancreas.
Ectopic localisation of the pancreas is not an uncommon entity, but it is mostly seen in the gastrointestinal tract. Herein we report a 45-year-old woman with a cyst containing pancreatic tissue in the mediastinum. The English literature reveals only three previous cases of this extremely rare localisation of the pancreas.
Cagirici
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ege University Medical Faculty, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. cagirici@med.ege.edu.tr
Ozbaran
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Veral
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Posacioglu
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H
D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D010179:Pancreas