Adenocarcinoma arising in a mediastinal enteric cyst

Intern Med. 2007;46(11):781-4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6208. Epub 2007 Jun 1.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma / etiology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Cyst / complications*
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Cyst / pathology
  • Mediastinum / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinum / pathology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology