title: [Diagnosis and results of surgical treatment of rare giant intrathoracic tumors].
abstract: Surgical treatment was performed in 19 patients aged 30 to 64 years with rare giant intrathoracic tumors. The tumor located in the mediastinum in 8 patients, in the lungs -- in 6, in the chest wall with intrathoracic growth -- in 5 patients. Diagnostic examinations included x-ray (including CT) and morphological methods. Sarcoma was diagnosed in 10 patients, mesenchymal tumors -- in 4, neurogenic tumors -- in 3, thymoma -- in 2 patients. Radical surgeries were performed in 15 patients, palliative -- in 3, explorative mini-thoracotomy -- in 1. Computed tomography and CT-assisted puncture biopsy improve the quality of preoperative diagnosis. Radical surgery is the method of choice in surgical treatment of giant benign intrathoracic tumors. Treatment policy is determined individually on the basis of the results of CT, functional and intraoperative findings.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Gagua
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Macharashvili
authors.forename: V O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Kuchava
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gzirishvili
authors.forename: Z T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Lomidze
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed