A clinicopathological analysis of 405 cases of mediastinum lesions / 医学研究生学报

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Objectives:To study the clinicopathological changes of mediastinum lesions.　Methods:Specimens from 405 cases of mediastinum lesions from 1967 to 1997 were studied.　Results:Sex ratio, male to female was 216 to 189, median age was 26 years. There were 230(56.8%) cases of tumors and tumor-like lesions, 172(42.5%) cases manifested with myasthenia gravis. Case composition, 113 cases of thymus lesion(49.1%), 36 cases(15.7%) of germ cell tumors, 30 cases(13.0%) of neurological neoplasm, 6 cases(2.6%) of lymphoma, and 29 cases(12.6%) of cysts. Location, 165 cases(71.7%) were in the front mediastinum in which thymoma was the commonest, 6 cases(2.6%) were in the middle mediastinum in which lymphoma was the commonest, 30 cases were from the posterior mediastinum in which neurological tumors were the commonest. Follicular proliferation of the thymus was observed in 145 cases(84.3%) of MG, and 27 cases did not(15.7%) . Thirty eight cases(22.1%) of MG were from thymoma, and 12 cases(7.0%) from microscopic thymoma.　Conclusions: Prognosis of MG with thymus follicular proliferation was better than those without proliferation and thymoma, fortunately, most thymus with MG were follicular proliferative. Microscopic thymoma could be discovered on pathology. Thymus tumors consisted more than half of the mediastinum neoplasm, the incident of lymphoma was low.