Mediastinal Tumors

Update 1995
Herausgegeben von Wood, Douglas E.; Thomas, Charles R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Primary mediastinal tumors are relatively rare. The relative incidence of these tumors indicates that neurogenic tumors are the most common tumor seen constituting 21 % of all cases, thymomas 19%, lymphomas 12.5%, germ cell tumors 10%, primary carcinomas 4.6%, mesenchymal tumors 6%, endocrine tumors 6%, cysts 18%. In adults, the majority of thyroid tumors, thymomas, mediastinal germ cell tumors and teratomas are located in the superior and anterior mediastinum. Of the neurogenic tumors 18% are located in the posterior mediastinum, and 50% of mediastinal lymphomas are in the middle mediastinum. In adults, the incidence of anterosuperior, middle and posterior mediastinal tumors is about 54%, 20% and 26% respectively. However, in children the posterior mediastinum contains 63% of the lesions, the anterior mediastinum contains 26% and the middle mediastinum II %. The majority of the tumors are benign in character with a ratio of benign to malig nant of about 60 to 40. The relative incidence of malignant mediastinal tumors in children is about 50%. Even though mediastinal tumors are not common, they represent a unique problem with regards to treatment whether by surgery, radiation therapy and/or systemically administered chemotherapy. The volume by WOOD and THOMAS deals with each of these issues in detail and presents a logical and important approach to the management of mediastinal tumors.

Produktdetails

• Medical Radiology
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-79428-5
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 270mm x 193mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9783642794285
• ISBN-10: 3642794289
• Artikelnr.: 36113862

Inhaltsangabe

1 Diagnosis of Mediastinal Masses.- 2 Thymoma: Surgical Management.- 3 Thymoma: Radiation and Chemotherapy.- 4 Mediastinal Lymphomas.- 5 Benign Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors.- 6 Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 7 Primary Mediastinal Seminoma.- 8 Endocrine Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 9 Mediastinal Paragangliomas.- 10 Neurogenic Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 11 Cardiac Neoplasms.- 12 Tracheal Tumors.- 13 Mesenchymal Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 14 Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Mediastinum.- 15 The Role of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Mediastinal Tumors.- List of Contributors.

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