title: Pediatric chest II: Benign tumors and cysts.
abstract: Thoracic tumors are rare in children, and metastatic or malignant conditions must be excluded during the diagnostic evaluation. The majority of primary pulmonary neoplasms in children are malignant; this article primarily addresses benign tumors. Surgical resection is the standard treatment for benign thoracic tumors in children. Thoracotomy is a traditional approach, but the thoracoscopic technique for diagnosis and treatment of thoracic tumors is well established. The term benign tumors can be a misnomer in that although their histology is not malignant, these tumors can be locally aggressive with significant associated morbidity and potential for mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petroze
authors.forename: Eugene D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: McGahren
mesh_terms: D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004934:Esophageal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D047708:Myofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery