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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;19:514-515
© 2001 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Ectopic mediastinal pancreas

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ege University Medical Faculty, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
^b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Medical Faculty, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
^c Department of Pathology, Ege University Medical Faculty, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Received 7 August 2000; received in revised form 21 December 2000; accepted 25 January 2001.

Corresponding author. Ege Universitesi, Göüs Cerrahisi Anabilim Dali, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. Tel.: +90-232-343-43-43; fax: +90-232-339-00-02
e-mail: cagirici{at}med.ege.edu.tr

Ectopic localisation of the pancreas is not an uncommon entity, but it is mostly seen in the gastrointestinal tract. Herein we report a 45-year-old woman with a cyst containing pancreatic tissue in the mediastinum. The English literature reveals only three previous cases of this extremely rare localisation of the pancreas.

Key Words: Mediastinal cyst • Ectopic pancreas

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