Pancreas herniation into the mediastinum: a case report.

Background: Pancreatic tissue found in the mediastinum (both true ectopic and herniated pancreas) is rare. It becomes even more challenging when there are complications associated with this entity.

Case Presentation: We report an unusual case of pancreatic herniation into the mediastinum in a 90-year-old Caucasian female.

Complex partial non-convulsive status epilepticus masquerading as hepatic encephalopathy: a case report.

Introduction: Hepatic encephalopathy is usually suspected in patients who are cirrhotic with neuropsychiatric manifestations. We present a case of suspected hepatic encephalopathy that did not respond to standard empiric therapy and was eventually diagnosed as non-convulsive status epilepticus of complex partial type. Our patient responded dramatically to anti-convulsive therapy.