[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of mediastinal tumors and cysts: analysis of 343 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To review the experience of diagnosis and surgical treatment of mediastinal tumors and cysts.


METHODS
The clinical data of 343 cases with mediastinal tumors and cysts who underwent operation from March 1996 to April 2005, 208 males and 135 females, aged 40.5 +/- 16.1, were analyzed.


RESULTS
No specific symptom and sign was found among the patients. Tumor of Thymus accounted for 42.24%. 300 of the 343 patients were subjected to radical excision, and 25 patients to partial excision. The diagnosis of all the patients was confirmed by postoperative histopathological examination. Surgically related complications were observed in 9 cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Tumor of thymus is the commonest mediastinal tumors. Early operation is necessary provided there is no contraindication thereto.
Zhou
Nai-Kang
NK
Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China.
Zhang
Tao
T
Liang
Chao-Yang
CY
Tian
Xiao-Dong
XD
Liu
Xi
X
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications