[Thymoma. Analysis of a series of 42 cases].
The authors have treated 42 patients with thymoma and report on their experience. The mode of discovery, and notably the thymoma-myasthenia association in 8 cases (20%), the diagnostic approach and the management of the disease--surgery alone : 18 cases, surgery combined with radiotherapy : 24 cases and/or with chemotherapy : 5 cases--were analyzed. The thymomas were classified according to the G.E.T.T. system after re-examination of the histological sections. The course of the disease was studied. The overall survival rate, which depends on tumoral stage, was 71% at 4 years and 69% at 10 years; 5 patients died of the disease and 9 of other causes, including 5 who presented with a blood disease. This series is compared with other published series. The frequency of myasthenia and the respective prognostic values of anatomico-surgical, histological and histo-immunological classifications are discussed.
Dumont
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P
Service de Chirurgie thoracique, CHU de Strasbourg.
Warter
A
A
Roeslin
N
N
Morand
G
G
Wihlm
J M
JM
Witz
J P
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
Les thymomes. Analyse d'une série de 42 cas.