title: [Thymoma: anatomo-clinical and therapeutic aspects. Analysis of our 26 cases].
abstract: The paper reports the authors' personal experience with regard to 26 cases of thymoma treated surgically over the past 10 years. 96% of cases were associated with myasthenia gravis. Surgery was performed in all cases and 13 cases (50%) underwent additional RT. 92% of patients were affected by invasive thymoma (11 stage II cases, and 13 stage III). From an histological point of view, 38.5% of cases were epithelial-type thymomas, 38.5% were lymphoepithelial and 23% were lymphocytic. Survival was influenced by the stage of disease and the radicality of surgery. At present, 76% of patients are still alive between 10 months and 10 years of surgery. There was a perioperative mortality of 11.5% (3 cases), whereas 2 patients died some 2 months later due to pulmonary embolism. The paper also includes a critical review of the most recent literature, and the authors compare their experience with that of other centres.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di II Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Padova.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bassi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Callegari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perini
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mangano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013945:Thymoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: I timomi: aspetti anatomo-clinici e terapeutici. Analisi dei nostri 26 casi.