title: [Surgical treatment of 219 cases of primary tumor and cyst of the mediastinum].
abstract: Two hundred and nineteen patients with primary tumor and cyst in the mediastinum were retrospectively analysed. All patients received surgical treatment and pathologic examination. Results showed that: (1) the commonest mediastinal tumors was the thymoma (42.0%) (2) The second teratoma (20.1%). The incidence of neurogenic tumors was 16.4%. The over-all incidence of these three tumors was 78.5%. A total excision of the tumor was performed in 198 patients; incomplete excision was performed in 18 patients; 3 patients underwent biopsy only. The anatomic locations, clinical manifestations, complication and mortality of surgical treatment of these tumors were analysed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013724:Teratoma / Q000601:surgery; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*