title: [Early and late results of surgical treatment in patients with primary mediastinal germ cell tumors].
abstract: A group of 37 patients--20 (54%) men and 17 (46%) women--aged 2-65, mean 31.6 years, was treated between 1978 and 1995 for different kinds of primary mediastinal germ cell tumours. In 14 (37.8%) of them a mature solid teratoma was diagnosed, in 13 (35.1%)--dermoid cyst, in 5 (13.5%)--malignant teratoma, in 1 (2.7%)--immature teratoma, in 4 (10.8%)--seminoma. Mediastinal tumour was removed completely in 30 (81.1%) patients, partially in 7 (18.9%). Out of 37 patients, 3 (8.1%) died during postoperative time. Out of 26 patients discharged after surgical removal of mature teratomas, all are alive and have been followed-up for 10 years (17 patients) or 5 years (6 patients). Out of 8 discharged after surgical removal of malignant neoplasm, 3 are alive and all of them had primary mediastinal seminoma. One of them has survived 17 years after complete resection, and two patients--7.5 years and 2 years after partial resection and radiotherapy. Mean survival time is 4 years and 2 months for all patients with malignant neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Klatki Piersiowej Slakiej, Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jacek
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kazimierz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wojciech
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jolanta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Czesław
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Bezpośrednie i odległe wyniki operacyjnego leczenia chorych z pierwotnymi guzami zarodkowymi śródpiersia.