Mediastinal Tumor : Analysis of 27 Cases
山口医学 Volume 21 Issue 1-2
Page 137-144
published_at 1972-06
Title
教室における縦隔腫瘍症例の検討
Mediastinal Tumor : Analysis of 27 Cases
Creators
Kaneyuki Toshihiro
Creators
Koikawa Masanobu
Source Identifiers
Until September, 1971, 27 cases of mediastinal tumor including 7 of thymic hyperplaia were treated in our clinic. 1) Thirteen of these patients were men, and 14 were women. Their age ranged from 4 months to 68 years. The majority of them (70 per cent) were in the third, fourth, and fifth decades. 2) Eight patients had no symptoms. Of the remaining 19 patients, symptom of myasthenia gravis was present in 6 patients, respiratory disturbance in 5, chest pain in 5, superior vena caval syndrom in 4, hoarseness in 2, and symptom of pure red cell aplasia in 1. There were 7 patients with thymic hyperplasia, 5 with teratoma, 3 with malignant thymic neoplasma, 3 with ganglioneuroma, 3 with malignant lymphoma, and 2 with pericardial cyst. In the remaining 4, the tumor was clinically verified to be malignant, although histological examination was not available. Unlike malignant tumors, the majority of benign ones except thymic hyperplasia did not cause clinical manifestations. 3) The majority of tumors with ragiologic apperances demonstrating to grow bilaterally (3 or 3. 100 per cent) or leftward (4 or 5, 80 per cent) on the frontal projection were mailignant. Of 12 tumors growing rightward, malignancy was present only in 3 (25 per cent). The localization of tumor in the mediastinum was done on the lateral view. Six of 9 in anterior superior mediastinum (66.6 per cent), and both of 2 in the middle (100 per cent) were malignant
Languages
jpn
Resource Type
journal article
Publishers
山口大学医学会
Date Issued
1972-06
File Version
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metadata only access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1731
[NCID]AN00243156
Schools
医学部