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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Primary mediastinal tumours (PMT) are rare, they include many different histological types, but lymphomas, thymomas and neurological tumours make up most of these tumours. Their symptomatology is often poor and they are in many cases discovered by routine thoracic radiography. Diagnosis mainly relies on medical imagery and on biopsy by mediastinoscopy or by CT-Scan controlled needle puncture. The treatment depends on the histological type (radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery). Median sternotomy is preferred to tackle anterior and middle mediastinum PMT, since it offers a large operative field and is more comfortable for the patient than classic thoracotomy, which will be reserved to tackle posterior mediastinum PMT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5458
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary mediastinal tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Surgery Department, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports