Tumours of the thymic region. Symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

摘要: Fifty-three patients operated on between 1952 and 1971 were originally diagnosed as having thymoma. Re-examination of the material shows that only half these tumours true thymomas. The rest classified malignant lymphomas, primary secondary carcinomas, a few haemangiomas. Half had symptoms at time diagnosis. However, in asymptomatic cases penetrated capsule. Decisive prognosis are macroscopic findings around Of 33 with infiltration capsule, 30 died investigation. Twenty-five within two years operation, thymomas, which 14 well defined. Twelve thymomas suffered from myasthenia gravis. treatment choice thymoma is total excision, if necessary enbloc, there penetration radiotherapy should be given. None well-defined their tumour while infiltrating still alive, eight Hodgkin's disease located thymus, six one patient alive. Two both localized excision irradiation. for other was bad, mean survival being less than months.