Pediatric mediastinal tumors.
| Autor: | Soysal Ö; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye., Çakır FB; Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi [Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg] 2024 Feb 05; Vol. 32 (Suppl1), pp. S98-S107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 05 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2024.25799 |
| Abstrakt: | Mediastinal tumors are the most common thoracic tumor in the pediatric population. They include a spectrum of tumors, and most are malignant. These lesions can be anatomically and radiologically classified by means of compartments; anterior, middle, and posterior. Symptoms, signs, localization of the tumor, age of the child, and tumor markers are key points of diagnosis. Surgical approaches are typically needed for diagnosis, but sometimes tru-cut needle biopsies may be sufficient. Mediastinoscopy, mediastinotomy, and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery may be used in the diagnostic workup of mediastinal tumors in children as they are used in adults. Frequently, diagnosis and treatment are both established by means of surgery. Surgery remains the mainstay of treatment of most benign and malignant nonlymphoid tumors. Combined modality of treatment incorporating chemotherapy and radiotherapy is often required in malignant tumors and is associated with high survival rates in these patients. Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article. (Copyright © 2024, Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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