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Radical resection of malignant thymoma with reconstruction of the mediastinal venous confluence
S D McReynolds1, C F Gharagozloo, J A Leighton
1Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
Thymic tumors are classified as epithelial neoplasm, thymic carcinoids, and thymic carcinoma. Differentiation between benignity and malignancy of thymic epithelial tumors is determined on the basis of local tissue invasion. Surgery is the treatment of choice for locally invasive disease without signs of metastasis. We present a patient who underwent en bloc tumor excision with reconstruction of the mediastinal venous confluence using pericardium.