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Calcified mediastinal enterogenous cyst

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This report describes a case of esophageal duplication cyst presenting as a densely calcified lesion in the lower posterior mediastinum.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Soroke University Hospital, Israel

    Ilan Maroko & Menachem Hirsch M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery “C”, Soroke University Hospital, Israel

    Nadav Sharon

  3. Department of Pathology, Soroke University Hospital, Israel

    Daniel Benharroch

  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Ilan Maroko, Menachem Hirsch M.D., Nadav Sharon & Daniel Benharroch

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Maroko, I., Hirsch, M., Sharon, N. et al. Calcified mediastinal enterogenous cyst. Gastrointest Radiol 9, 105–106 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887814

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