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KMID : 0378019710140100140
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New Medical Journal
1971 Volume.14 No. 10 p.140 ~ p.147
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Mediastinal tumor
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Abstract
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Fourty-seven cases of mediastinal tumors originating in the mediastinum or metastasized from other organs were reviewed and classified on the basis of histopathological types and specific anatomical location in this department, during 13 years and six months period from Jan. 1959 to Jun. 1971.
In thirty-seven cases, diagnosis was confirmed by histological findings. Range of age was 3 to 63 years and sex ratio was 1.4:1 male to female.
In this series, metastatic mediastinal carcinomas of unknown pimary site were most frequent and thymoma ranked second in frequency, comprising 24.3% and 16. 2% of the total cases. The operative mortality was 3.1
There were histologically 11 different kinds of mediastinal tumors in this series.
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