Aberrant pancreatic tissue in a giant mediastinal cyst: an uncommon entity
Abstract Background Heterotopia of pancreatic tissue in the thorax and mediastinum is uncommon, although, a common developmental anomaly in the gastrointestinal tract where the aberrant tissue is a component of gastrointestinal duplication cysts, intralobular pulmonary sequestration or teratomas. Ca...
Main Authors: | Josiah Miner Njem, Benjamin Ugwu, John Collins, Innocent Emmanuel, Ojile Akpa Philip, John Awodi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-019-0955-2 |
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