Mediastinal cyst containing mural pancreatic tissue.

Ectopic pancreatic tissue in the anterior mediastinum

“…Our patient had no symptoms suggestive of hyperinsulinism or hypoglycemia, similar to other reports of mediastinal cysts and extragonadal teratomas [2,3,6,8]. It has been suggested that the lack of clinical symptoms in these patients is due to the relatively small amount of functional neuroendocrine tissue present in these lesions and to its responsiveness to homeostatic mechanisms [1].…”

“…Even rarer are benign mediastinal cysts with pancreatic tissue as their sole component. To our knowledge, the literature reports only five earlier examples of this lesion [2,3,7,9,10]. We report this case because of its rarity and the differences in the clinical presentation as well as part of the histological pattern from other reports.…”

“…In the report by Carr et al [3], the exocrine component was described as predominant, whereas, Shilltoe and Wilson [9], both reported that islets were the more abundant tissue. In the reports by Perez et al [7] , Cagirici et al [2], and Tamura Y et al [10], the distribution and architecture of acini and islets were irregular and haphazard as in the present case.…”

Asymptomatic bronchogenic cyst of the mediastinum

“…1 · 4 This developmental relationship may explain why some mediastinal cysts are intimately attached to the esophagus or contain gastrointestinal remnants along with respiratory remnants. 5 Bronchogenic cysts may occur at any point along the tracheobronchial tree. Most are found near the trachea or carina.…”

Mageneingangsstenose bei Pankreasheterotopie

“…Seltenere Lokalisationen von PH sind der Meckel-Divertikel [7] und das Jejunum [8], hier ha È ufig in Verbindung mit kongenitalen Webs oder Duplikationszysten [4]. Eine PH wurde aber auch in Úsophagus [9], Lunge [10], Mediastinum [11], Gallenblase [12,13], Gallengang [14±17], Milz [18] und Lymphknoten [19] gefunden.…”