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The patient underwent surgical resection by cervical approach. A Cystic mass with pseudocysts, cysts and complete pancreatic tissue were found in pathology. There were no signs of pancreatitis or malignancy. No recurrence was observed after a follow up of four years. We reviewed the case reports describing this rare condition in the medical literature.<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>We conclude that the possibility of ectopic pancreatic tissue should be included in the differential diagnosis of anterior mediastinal cystic mass, though as a remote possibility. Surgery is probably needed for the diagnosis and treatment. Posterior mediastinal pseudocyst is a different entity associated with acute pancreatitis. In those cases surgery is not recommended. Our third conclusion is that pancreatic tissue should be actively sought, if a structure resembling a pseudocyst is found in an unexpected location.<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>Virtual slides<\/jats:bold>\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here:<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu\/vs\/1849369005957671\" ext-link-type=\"uri\">http:\/\/www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu\/vs\/1849369005957671<\/jats:ext-link>\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1186\/1746-1596-8-176","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,23]],"date-time":"2013-10-23T16:45:15Z","timestamp":1382546715000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Ectopic pancreatic pseudocyst and cyst presenting as a cervical and mediastinal mass - case report and review of the literature"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Ariel","family":"Rokach","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gabriel","family":"Izbicki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maher","family":"Deeb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Naama","family":"Bogot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nissim","family":"Arish","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Irith","family":"Hadas-Halperen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hava","family":"Azulai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abraham","family":"Bohadana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eli","family":"Golomb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"897_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"697","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9610(86)90045-0","volume":"151","author":"EC Lai","year":"1986","unstructured":"Lai EC, Tompkins RK: Heterotopic pancreas: review of a 26 year experience. 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