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Enteric Cyst, Mediastinal

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Synonyms

Enterogenous cyst; Foregut duplication cyst; Gastroenteric cyst

Definition

Enteric cyst is unilocular congenital cyst lined with different types of enteric epithelial cells, like parietal and chief cells of stomach, small and large intestinal epithelial cells, and also squamous and ciliated columnar cells. It is formed during the third and fourth week of intrauterine life when the embryonic endoderm and notochord fuse and separate. If adhesions between those two structures persist during the separation, cysts and thoracic or vertebral malformations will develop. Mediastinal enteric cyst may enlarge and produce airway obstruction, caught, pain, and dysphagia.

Clinical Features

  • Incidence

    Rare but a real incidence is not known.

  • Age

    Any age. Most frequently found in infancy or childhood.

  • Sex

    Male predominance.

  • Site

    Mediastinum (usually right posterior mediastinum in retrocardiac position).

  • Treatment

    Surgery and percutaneous needle aspiration.

  • Outcome

    Generally good. There are...

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References and Further Reading

  • Kamal, N. R., Magu, S., & Rohilla, S. (2004). Mediastinal foregut duplication cysts. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 71, 103–105.

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  • Khan, M. U., Saidy, K. M., Ousulimane, M., & Khan, M. D. (2004). Posterior mediastinal gastroenteric cyst in neonate. Saudi Medical Journal, 25, 955–957.

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  • Plaza, J. A., Moran, C. A., & Suster, S. (2010). Thymus and mediastinum. In P. Gattuso, V. B. Reddy, O. David, D. J. Spitz, & M. H. Haber (Eds.), Differential diagnosis in surgical pathology (pp. 283–284). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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  • Shimosato, Y., Mukai, K., & Matsuno, Y. (2010). Bronchogenic cyst. In S. G. Silverberg (Ed.), AFIP atlas of tumor pathology. Tumors of the mediastinum (p. 307). Washington, DC: American Registry of Pathology.

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  • Singhal, V., Shenoy, R. D., Kamath, N., & Rao, S. (2012). Mediastinal enteric cyst in a neonate. Journal of Clinical Neonatology, 1, 149–151.

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  1. Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Iva Brcic

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  1. Department of Pathology, The University of Mississippi Medical School, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

    Timothy Craig Allen

  2. Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Saul Suster

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Brcic, I. (2018). Enteric Cyst, Mediastinal. In: Allen, T.C., Suster, S. (eds) Pathology of the Pleura and Mediastinum. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66796-6_16

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