Ectopic mediastinal pancreas

Sibel Arslan; Ersin Arslan; Maruf Şanlı; Kemal Bakır; Levent Elbeyli

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.5697

Sibel Arslan¹, Ersin Arslan², Maruf Şanlı², Kemal Bakır¹, Levent Elbeyli²

¹Departments of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
²Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.5697

Ectopic pancreatic tissue rarely occurs within the mediastinum. A 23-year-old male patient was admitted with dyspnea. Computed tomography revealed a 6x8 cm cystic mass within the anterior mediastinum in the thymic localization. The patient underwent thoracoscopy and surgery with the preliminary diagnosis of a thymic cyst. Histopathological examination was reported as ectopic pancreatic tissue. No recurrence or metastasis was observed during a nine-month follow-up period. We present this case which was reported as mediastinal ectopic pancreatic tissue following surgical resection due to its rare occurrence.

Keywords : Anterior mediastinum; ectopic pancreas; surgery

Viewed : 9434

Downloaded : 1826