ReviewDiagnostic pathology2013
Ectopic pancreatic pseudocyst and cyst presenting as a cervical and mediastinal mass: case report and review of the literature.
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- Mediastinal Ectopic Pancreas Mimicking Lymphoma with Discordant Histology and Flow Cytometry: A Diagnostic Challenge.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ectopic pancreas tissue in the posterior mediastinum.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Duodenal Heterotopic Pancreas with a Large Retention Cyst: A Case Report and Literature Review.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023Review
- Resection of anterior mediastinal ectopic pancreas by right thoracoscopy: A case report.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2019Article
- Aberrant pancreatic tissue in a giant mediastinal cyst: an uncommon entity.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2019Article
- Mediastinal Ectopic Pancreas with Abundant Endocrine Cells Coexisting with Mediastinal Cyst and Thymic Hyperplasia.Case reports in pathology · 2018Article
- Unusual combined thymic mucoepidermoid carcinoma and thymoma: a case report and review of literature.Diagnostic pathology · 2014Review
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Abstract
Ectopic pancreas in the mediastinum is extremely rare. We are reporting on a case of a twenty two year old woman who presented to our clinic with a large cervical mass. The CT scan revealed a cystic lesion in the anterior mediastinum. The patient underwent surgical resection by cervical approach. A Cystic mass with pseudocysts, cysts and complete pancreatic tissue were found in pathology. There were no signs of pancreatitis or malignancy. No recurrence was observed after a follow up of four years. We reviewed the case reports describing this rare condition in the medical literature.We conclude that the possibility of ectopic pancreatic tissue should be included in the differential diagnosis of anterior mediastinal cystic mass, though as a remote possibility. Surgery is probably needed for the diagnosis and treatment. Posterior mediastinal pseudocyst is a different entity associated with acute pancreatitis. In those cases surgery is not recommended. Our third conclusion is that pancreatic tissue should be actively sought, if a structure resembling a pseudocyst is found in an unexpected location. VIRTUAL SLIDES: The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/1849369005957671.
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