title: [Primary mediastinal seminoma].
abstract: Primary mediastinal seminoma is an uncommon lesion and should be included in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal tumors. Symptoms and signs may not be clear and in most cases the diagnosis is made by sternotomy or thoracotomy. Our recommendation is that patients with primary mediastinal seminoma should undergo curative resection or reductive surgery. Curative resection should be followed by radiation therapy. Chemotherapy with cisplatin-containing combinations should be reserved for patients who have metastases at the time of diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein- und Abdominalchirurgie der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heintz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Junginger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Menke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buess
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teifke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Das primäre mediastinale Seminom.