A Pancreatic Cyst of the Anterior Mediastinum
Korean Journal of Pathology
; : 1025-1027, 1998.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Although heterotopia of pancreatic tissue is a developmental anomaly found in approximately 2% of all autopsies, pancreatic tissue within the thorax and mediastinum is uncommon. In most of these instances, the pancreatic tissue is a component of gastroenteric duplication cysts, intralobar pulmonary sequestrations or teratomas. We describe an anterior mediastinal cyst consisting entirely of pancreatic tissue. A previously healthy 27-year-old woman was admitted due to chest pain during deep inspiration. The computed tomographic scan of the thorax showed a large cyst occupying the right anterior mediastinum. The excised multilocular cystic lesion measured 12 cm in maximum diameter and contained a brown, turbid fluid. The wall was fibrotic and showed a haphazard mixture of ducts and exocrine acini without islets. The histogenesis of this lesion is unclear.
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Main subject:
Pancreatic Cyst
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Autopsy
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Teratoma
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Thorax
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Chest Pain
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Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
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Mediastinal Cyst
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Mediastinum
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pathology
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article