[Mediastinal neurogenic tumors]

An analysis is presented of clinical, radiological and evolutive aspects of 106 neurogenic mediastinal tumors operated in the Clinic for Tjhoracic surgery from Bucharest. The predominance is stressed of tumours originating in the nervous sheaths (62%), and the high incidence of tumours of the nervous cells (sympatomas, ganglio-neuroblastomas) in children. An analysis is made of the various surgical aspects. and the post-operative results, mostly favourable in over 90% of the subjects that underwent surgery.