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3738440

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Early and late results of surgery for neurogenic mediastinal tumour were evaluated in 66 cases with a mean follow-up of 12 years. The series comprised 48 neurilemmomas, 8 neurofibromas, 7 ganglioneuromas, and neurinoma, neurofibrosarcoma and ganglioneuroblastoma each in one case. There were two early deaths (3%), one due to peroperative bleeding from the left subclavian artery and the other to acute myocardial infarction. Operative complications arose in 12 cases (18%), the most common being wound infection (3 cases). There were 17 late deaths (26.6%). In the neurilemmoma group, 3 of the 13 late deaths were related to the tumour or its treatment, and both deaths in the neurofibroma group were related to malignant transformation. Recurrence of tumour appeared in 3 of the 48 patients with neurilemmoma and also in the single patient with neurinoma as tumour classification. One neurilemmoma was a dumb-bell tumour, and operation in this case resulted in paraplegia. Malignant transformation appeared in 2 of the 8 neurofibromas 5 and 13 years postoperatively. Because of the risks of malignant degeneration and of recurrence, patients operated on for neurogenic mediastinal tumour should be carefully followed up for many years.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5580
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Mediastinal neurogenic tumours. Early and late results of surgical treatment.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't