A Pancreatic Cyst of the Anterior Mediastinum.
- Author:
Kye Weon KWON
;
Kyung Young JUNG
;
Woo Ick YANG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ectopic pancreas;
Mediastinum;
Pancreatic cyst
- MeSH:
Adult;
Autopsy;
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration;
Chest Pain;
Female;
Humans;
Mediastinal Cyst;
Mediastinum*;
Pancreatic Cyst*;
Teratoma;
Thorax
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1998;32(11):1025-1027
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
