Surgical pathology of cystic lesions of the mediastinum.
J Postgrad Med
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2001 Oct-Dec; 47(4): 235-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-115459
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Mediastinal cysts are uncommonly encountered in a pathologist's experience.AIMS:
To study the incidence, location, clinical presentation and histologic subtypes of cysts in the mediastinum. MATERIALS andMETHODS:
Cystic lesions of the mediastinum, surgically excised over a period of 22 years were studied after retrieval of relevant clinical data and slides.RESULTS:
Thirty-nine mediastinal cysts were encountered in the study period. Most of the patients (81.5 %) were symptomatic. Histologically, foregut cysts (19 cases, 50 %) were the most common followed by teratomatous cysts (ten cases, 26.3 %) and thymic cysts (four cases, 10.5 %). Bronchogenic cysts represented 63 % of the fore-gut cysts. Unusual lesions in the form of cystic mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis and cystic schwannoma were seen in three patients.CONCLUSIONS:
Despite varied location and histology, clinical presentation of mediastinal cysts are similar. Surgical intervention is the preferred line of management.
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Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Adult
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Mediastinal Cyst
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Middle Aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Postgrad Med
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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