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Surgery for mediastinal neurogenic tumours: a 25-year single-centre retrospective study
- Source :
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES Mediastinal neurogenic tumours are uncommon and often benign neoplasms mostly located in the posterior mediastinum and usually diagnosed incidentally. We reviewed our results after surgical resection. We compared patient characteristics and tumour nature between children and adults. Differences between thoracoscopic and open approach were analysed. METHODS Departmental thoracic surgical database was queried for primary mediastinal neurogenic tumours resected between 1992 and 2017. Data included demographics, pathology, tumour nature, symptoms, surgical approach and postoperative morbidity/mortality. RESULTS Fifty-one patients (8 children and 43 adults) underwent tumour resection. Pathology revealed nerve sheath tumour in 1 child (12.5%) versus 36 adults (83.7%; P CONCLUSIONS Children carry a higher incidence to present with a malignant tumour originating from ganglion cells while most tumours in adults are benign, originating from the nerve sheath. The majority of patients with mediastinal neurogenic tumours are asymptomatic. Most tumours are amenable for thoracoscopic resection.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Thoracic
medicine.medical_treatment
Malignancy
Mediastinal Neoplasms
Asymptomatic
Paraganglioma
Thoracoscopy
Humans
Medicine
Thoracotomy
Retrospective Studies
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Mediastinum
Retrospective cohort study
Length of Stay
medicine.disease
Surgery
Mediastinal Neural Neoplasm
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15699285
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3a2b71cda6ec3f0738b5001ea46c27ae