Primary Seminomas of the Mediastinum
Primary Seminomas of the Mediastinum David C. Rice Cesar A. Moran Robert J. Dabal Douglas E. Wood Extragonadal germ cell tumors (EGCTs) are rare and account for only 1% to…
Benign Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum
Benign Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum Mark S. Allen Victor F. Trastek Peter C. Pairolero Incidence and Terminology The incidence of mediastinal tumors, as noted by Cocks and Kamdar,6…
Diagnosis and Treatment of Mediastinal Lymphomas
Diagnosis and Treatment of Mediastinal Lymphomas Sonali Smith Koen van Besien Lymphomas are heterogeneous disorders with variable clinical presentation and course; correct histopathologic classification is essential for their appropriate management….
Biological Markers and Pathology of Mediastinal Lymphomas
Biological Markers and Pathology of Mediastinal Lymphomas Michael J. Kornstein Lymphomas account for about 15% of all primary mediastinal masses.22,26,31,59,111 About one-third of the lymphomas are Hodgkin and two-thirds are…
Thymic Tumors
Thymic Tumors Thomas W. Shields Thymic tumors present almost exclusively in the anterior mediastinal compartment. Mullen and Richardson,205 in their collective review, reported that in the adult, thymic lesions accounted…
Benign Lymph Node Disease Involving the Mediastinum
Benign Lymph Node Disease Involving the Mediastinum Jemi Olak Mediastinal lymphadenopathy is most commonly seen within the middle (visceral) compartment of the mediastinum. It occurs most often in the right…
Evaluation of Results of Thymectomy for Nonthymomatous Myasthenia Gravis
Evaluation of Results of Thymectomy for Nonthymomatous Myasthenia Gravis Joshua R. Sonett Alfred Jaretzki III The role of thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG) continues to generate significant…
Transcervical–Transsternal Maximal Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis
Transcervical–Transsternal Maximal Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis Joshua R. Sonett Alfred Jaretzki III The combined transcervical–transsternal maximal thymectomy procedure (T-4), employing wide exposure in the neck and mediastinum, routinely and predictably…
Extended Transsternal Thymectomy
Extended Transsternal Thymectomy Akira Masaoka At Osaka University, transsternal thymectomy through an upper sternal splitting approach had been performed from 1962 to 1970. Thereafter, stimulated by the reports from the…
Video-Assisted Thymectomy
Video-Assisted Thymectomy Mitchell J. Magee Michael J. Mack Neurologists and surgeons still debate the role of surgery in the management of myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission affecting…
