title: Ectopic Pancreas Presenting as a Solid Mediastinal Mass.
abstract: Ectopic pancreas is a well-known developmental anomaly found in approximately 2% of all autopsies, frequently in the gastrointestinal tract. Mediastinal pancreatic ectopia is very rare; only a few cases have been described in the English-language literature. According to previous reports, the pancreatic tissue is detected in the cyst wall or appears as small solid components of cystic masses within the anterior mediastinum. In this report, we present a case of ectopic pancreas appearing as a large solid mass in the anterior mediastinum of a 17-year-old male patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jee Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Lim
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hyun
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Sill
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors.forename: Bo Geun
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea yhmaeng@jejunu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Young Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Maeng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010179:Pancreas; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: ectopic pancreas; mediastinum; solid mass