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- Title
Giant thymoma successfully resected via anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report.
- Authors
Takahiro Saito; Takashi Makino; Yoshinobu Hata; Satoshi Koezuka; Hajime Otsuka; Kazutoshi Isobe; Naobumi Tochigi; Kazutoshi Shibuya; Sakae Homma; Akira Iyoda
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
MEDIASTINAL tumors; THYMOMA; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; OPERATIVE surgery; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1749-8090
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s13019-015-0321-y