Mediastinal enteric duplication cyst containing aberrant pancreas.
Indian J Pediatr
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2002 Nov; 69(11): 961-2
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-80852
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of the study is to report a unique association of clinical and pathological findings in a neonate. Foregut enteric duplication cysts--rare developmental anomalies that are associated with midline vertebral fusion anomalies.METHODS:
We had a neonate with foregut duplication cyst who presented at birth with respiratory distress. The child also had associated communicating hydrocephalus. The patient underwent excision of the duplication cyst along with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.RESULT:
The excised specimen revealed a duplication cyst lined by aberrant pancreatic tissue.CONCLUSION:
The present case demonstrates histologically the presence of both pancreatic and gastric tissue.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pancreas
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Choristoma
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Hydrocephalus
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Mediastinal Cyst
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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