title: [Mediastinal tumors and tumor-like formations in children].
abstract: Twenty-five years experience of diagnosis and results of treatment of 143 childs aged from 10 days to 15 years with sizable mediastinal formations was summarized. Benign tumor was revealed in 50 (34.96%) childs, malignant one--in 93 (65.04%). Groups of most important symptoms were suggested: generally somatic, compressive, neurological. Principal method of diagnosis of mediastinal tumor in children--the survey roentgenography of thoracic organs in two projection. Immediate and late follow-up results of operative intervention were estimated, diagnostic mistakes were analyzed.
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Zhurilo
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kononuchenko
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Litovka
authors.forename: V Z
authors.initials: VZ
authors.lastname: Moskalenko
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sopov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Veselyĭ
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kichik
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Litovka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Mediastinal'nye opukholi i opukholepodobnye obrazovaniia u deteĭ.