CASE REPORTS
Adenocarcinoma Arising in a Mediastinal Enteric Cyst
2007 Volume 46 Issue 11 Pages 781-784
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2007 Volume 46 Issue 11 Pages 781-784
A 39 year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of relapsing episodes of pneumonia. His chest roentgenogram showed a consolidated shadow and cavity formation in the left lower lobe. During a left lower lobectomy an enteric cyst in the posterior mediastinum involving lung was found. This cyst in the lung contained normal gastric parietal cells and pancreatic tissue, and was surrounded by adenocarcinoma characteristic of gastric cancer. This is a rare case in which an adenocarcinoma arise from an enteric cyst in the mediastinum.
