Middle Mediastinal Thymoma

Thymoma is a common neoplasm in the anterior mediastinum but rarely arises from the middle mediastinum. We report 3 patients with thymoma that arose from the middle mediastinum. Surgical resections were performed with dissection of the azygos vein, which led to safe separation of the tumors from med...

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 106; no. 4; pp. e189 - e191
Main Authors Fukui, Takamasa, Sumitomo, Ryota, Otake, Yosuke, Huang, Cheng-long
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
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Summary:Thymoma is a common neoplasm in the anterior mediastinum but rarely arises from the middle mediastinum. We report 3 patients with thymoma that arose from the middle mediastinum. Surgical resections were performed with dissection of the azygos vein, which led to safe separation of the tumors from mediastinal structures. Although rare, thymoma should be included in the differential diagnosis for middle mediastinal tumors.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.085