Giant thymoma successfully resected via anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report

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• 作者：Takahiro Saito ; Takashi Makino ; Yoshinobu Hata…
• 关键词：Surgery ; Giant thymoma ; Thymoma ; Anterolateral incision
• 刊名：Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：10
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1,338 KB
• 刊物主题：Cardiac Surgery; Thoracic Surgery;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1749-8090

文摘

The appropriate surgical approach for a large mediastinal tumor is controversial. Median sternotomy is the standard approach for thymomas. We herein report the case of a giant thymoma, 13 cm in diameter, surgically resected via anterolateral incision. Subsequent thymectomy was performed via thoracoscopy. The resected specimen was a WHO type AB thymoma, Masaoka stage I, without capsular invasion. The anterolateral incision was less invasive and more versatile in the present case, as the incision could be extended to a hemiclamshell or posterolateral incision depending on exposure and relationship to adjacent organs and vascular structures.