Mediastinum
Cystic lesions
Müllerian cyst (Hattori cyst)
Author: Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
Last author update: 1 December 2012
Last staff update: 17 August 2022
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Definition / general | Case reports | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stains | Negative stainsCite this page: Gulwani H. Müllerian cyst (Hattori cyst). PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/mediastinummulleriancyst.html. Accessed December 18th, 2024.
Definition / general
- First described in 2005 (Virchows Arch 2005;446:82)
- Typically women, in posterior mediastinum, showing Müllerian differentiation (Ann Diagn Pathol 2007;11:417)
- Initially classified as bronchogenic or unspecified benign serous cysts
Case reports
- 45 year old woman with 5.3 cm posterior mediastinal cyst (Case of the Week #416)
- 53 year old woman with previous mediastinal teratoma (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;18:39)
Gross description
- 1.3 - 5 cm with thin wall containing smooth muscle
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Lined by simple cylindrical or cuboidal, nonmucinous and often ciliated epithelium resembling uterine tubal epithelium
Microscopic (histologic) images
