For the purpose of clinical analysis in mediastinal tumors, 51 patients with mediastinal tumor who were surgically treated from February 1984 to February 1994 in Chunan hospital of Soonchunhyang university were reviewed. There were 21 male and 30
female
patients in the study. Age ranges from ll months to 75 years, with the mean 39.4±18.8 years.
Symptoms and signs were asymptom(21.6%), chest discomfor(19.6%), dyspnea(15.7%), ptosis(15.7%), general weakness(13,7%) and chest pain(9.8%). The most frequent tumor location was anterosuperior mediastinum(60.8%) followed by posterior(25.5%) and
middle(13.7%) mediastinum. In the pathological viewpoint, thymoma(33.3%) was the most frequent type followed by neurogenic tumor(25.5%) and germ cell tumor(19.6%). All of benign tumors(46 cases) were completely removed and malignant tumors(5
cases)
were
treated with radiotherapy after operation. The postoperative complications were 2 wound dehesences, 1 pneumothorax, 1 vocal cord palsy and 1 prolonged mechanical ventilation.
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