title: [Neurogenic mediastinal tumors in adults].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neurogenic mediastinal tumors are tumors develop at the expense of peripheral nerve elements of the mediastinum, the sympathetic nervous tissue and paraganglia. The series that we propose has the distinction of a high frequency of malignant forms and a wealth of clinical symptomatology.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective study of 9 patients collected over a period of 6 years. The epidemiological aspect, clinical, radiological, surgical treatment and his results, histological diagnosis and prognosis were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five women and 4 men were identified. All patients were symptomatic at diagnosis. Tumor resection was complete in 8 cases. In 3 patients, there was a malignant tumor. Two of them had received chemo-radiotherapy. The others showed good clinical progress with a mean of 35 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neurogenic tumors in adults are usually discovered incidentally. When the malignant forms predominate or in the presence of large tumor, the symptoms can be quite marked. In all cases the treatment based on a complete surgical resection remains the only guarantee of a good prognosis.
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc. Electronic address: alzoumib84@gmail.com.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Issoufou
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc.
authors: M
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authors: Lakranbi
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Sani
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Belliraj
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc.
authors: F Z
authors: FZ
authors: Ammor
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ghalimi
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Ouadnouni
authors: Service de chirurgie thoracique, CHU Hassan II, BP 1893, km 2200, route de Sidi Hrazem, 3000 Fes Maroc.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Smahi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chirurgie thoracique; Mediastinal neoplasms; Mediastinum; Médiastin; Neuroblastoma; Neuroblastome; Neurofibroma; Neurofibrome; Thoracic surgery; Thoracotomie; Thoracotomy; Tumeurs médiastinales