title: [Malignant mediastinal neoplasms in children].
abstract: The information on the treatment of 151 children aged under 15 years at the Petrov Research Institute of Oncology in 1973-1999 is presented. Non-Hodgkin's disease was diagnosed in 113 children. Among them 30 patients (74.8%) had tumors of the sympathetic nervous system, malignant thymomas were found in 6 children (4.0%), germinogenic tumors in 2 children. The above mentioned formations had certain distinctions in gender of the patients, period of medical history, clinical manifestations, immediate and long-term results of treatment. The non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was found to have a more aggressive course of development.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Kuleva
authors: B A
authors: BA
authors: Kolygin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018237:Germinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000473:pathology; D013945:Thymoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy