Mediastinal tumors: a clinicopathological analysis.
Between January 1993 and June 2003, 106 patients underwent surgical treatment of a mediastinal mass. Ages ranged from 6 months to 62 years, with peak incidence in the third and fourth decade of life (56%). The male to female ratio was 1.9:1. The anterosuperior mediastinum was involved in 76 patients (72%), middle mediastinum in 13 (12%), and posterior mediastinum in 17 (16%). Myasthenia gravis was present in 27% of cases. Complete surgical excision was possible in 68% of patients. Histopathologically, 41 (39%) patients had thymic pathology, 31 (29%) had lymphoma, 14 (13%) had germ cell tumors, 12 (11%) had neurofibroma, 4 (4%) had ganglioneuroma, 2 (2%) had bronchogenic cyst, and 1 each had thymic cyst and mesothelioma. The overall mortality was 3.8%.
Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, India. cps_sms@hotmail.com
Chandra P
CP
Shrivastava
Sanjeev
S
Devgarha
Vikas
V
Ahlawat
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome