Mediastinal cyst containing mural pancreatic tissue.
Open Access
- 1 August 1977
- Vol. 32 (4), 512-516
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.32.4.512
Abstract
The second documented case of mediastinal ectopic tissue presenting as a mediastinal mass is reported. Previously reported cases of ectopic pancreatic tissue in the thorax are reviewed in an attempt to explain this anomalous development.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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