ANALYSIS OF SEVEN PATIENTS WITH HUGE MEDIASTINAL MASSES TREATED BY SURGICAL RESECTION

Volume: 45 Number: 1 March 1, 2006
  • Alpaslan Çakan
  • Özgür Samancılar
  • Ufuk Çağırıcı
  • Hakan Posacıoğlu
  • Önol Bilkay
  • Deniz Nart
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ANALYSIS OF SEVEN PATIENTS WITH HUGE MEDIASTINAL MASSES TREATED BY SURGICAL RESECTION

Abstract

Surgical resection which is usually adequate in the treatment of most cases with primary mediastinal masses, should also be considered primarily in the patients with huge mediastinal masses that compress the vascular structures, major airways and that threat their lives. Between 1997-2004, among 35 cases of surgically resected primary mediastinal masses and cysts, seven patients with a tumor size of 12-25 cm are evaluated retrospectively. Tumors are localized in the anterior and the middle mediastinum and causing symptoms for 2-12 months. In addition to the excision of the primary tumor, four of the cases had underwent pericardial, three had pulmonary and two had partial vena cava superior resection. Histopathological types consisted of malignant thymoma, thymic carcinoma, thymic teratoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, immature teratoma, indifferent malignant epithelial tumor and lipoma. Surgical resection should be considered promptly for relieving the symptoms and verifying exact histopathological diagnosis for the patients who had severe cardiac and respiratory symptoms due to huge mediastinal masses, with acceptable morbidity and no mortality.

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Alpaslan Çakan

Özgür Samancılar

Ufuk Çağırıcı

Hakan Posacıoğlu

Önol Bilkay

Deniz Nart

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March 1, 2006

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March 1, 2006

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Year 2006 Volume: 45 Number: 1

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1.Alpaslan Çakan, Özgür Samancılar, Ufuk Çağırıcı, Hakan Posacıoğlu, Önol Bilkay, Deniz Nart. REZEKSİYON UYGULANMIŞ BÜYÜK BOYUTLU PRİMER MEDİASTİNAL KİTLELİ YEDİ OLGUNUN ANALİZİ. EJM [Internet]. 2006 Mar. 1;45(1):47-50. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA63YJ87ZB

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