Ectopic pancreas tissue appearing in a mediastinal cyst
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Ectopic pancreas tissue appearing in a mediastinal cyst
Heterotopia of pancreatic tissue is a common developmental anomaly. Although ectopic pancreatic tissue is mostly found in the gastrointestinal tract, localization in the mediastinum is extremely rare. We report a 32-year-old male patient who had an urgent thoracotomy two years ago due to a thoracic surgery. During the thoracotomy fragments of a partly necrotic cystic mass in the right thorax we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-22