title: Ciliated foregut cyst of the pancreas: another differential in the diagnosis of cystic pancreatic lesions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  With the more frequent use of cross sectional imaging, the detection of cystic pancreatic incidentalomas has become a relatively common entity. The commonest cystic incidentalomas are neoplastic. Pseudocysts are the most single common pathological entity. Foregut cystic lesions as a pathological entity are rare but mostly observed in the mediastinum. Ciliated foregut cysts of the pancreas are very rare and an extremely uncommon cause of a cystic lesion within the pancreas.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present herewith an uncommon case of a large cystic lesion, confirmed as a ciliated foregut cyst on final histology arising from the body and tail of the pancreas. The lesion was very effectively treated with a laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rarity of the lesion makes the case worth reporting.
authors.affiliation: Division of HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery, Royal Free Hospital and Medical School. London, UK. soumil_v@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Soumil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Tu Vinh
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Luong
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Sakhanat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rahman