| Title |
Vaikų priekinio tarpuplaučio navikų ir displazijų chirurginis gydymas / |
| Translation of Title |
Surgical treatment of anterior mediastinal tumors and dysplasis in children. |
| Authors |
Maknavičius, Stanislovas ; Siaurusaitis, Benjaminas Justinas ; Valiulis, Arūnas |
| DOI |
10.15388/LietChirur.2007.3.2188 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Lietuvos chirurgija. 2007, t. 5, Nr. 3, p. 243-249.. ISSN 1392-0995 |
| Keywords [eng] |
anterior mediastinal tumors in children ; thymic gland tumors ; surgical treatment |
| Abstract [eng] |
Background / objective: Anterior mediastinal tumours and dysplasias are more common than pulmonary - bronchial tumours in children. They differ in histological structure. In children, the differential diagnosis and surgical treatment of mediastinal tumours and dysplasias are very difficult. The aim of this study was to analyse the diagnostic methods of various tumours and dysplasias and the tactics of surgical treatment. Patients and methods: We analysed retrospectively 73 children's cases histories with anterior mediastinal tumours and dysplasias from the period 1985-2006. Clinical symptoms, histological diagnosis and methods of surgical treatment were analysed. Results: Forty-five patients had benign tumors and dysplasias and 28 patients had malignant tumours. Thymic gland pathology was found in 48 patients. Respiratory distress syndrome was have diagnosed in 58 cases (79.5%). Ail children under 3 years had severe respiratory symptoms. Myasthenia gravis was present in 11 cases. Our data are based on histological analysis after biopsy or operation. All dysplasias, benign tumours, solid malignant tumours and local lymphomas were operated on and removed. Conclusions: Anterior mediastinai tumours and dysplasias differed in histological structure. The most frequent symptom was respiratory distress, rare symptoms were fever or myasthenia gravis. All dysplasias, benign and solid malignant tumors and localised lymphomas were operated on and removed when the diagnosis had been confirmed. |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2007 |
| CC license |
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