ReviewPediatric surgery international2014
Pediatric thymomas: report of two cases and comprehensive review of the literature.
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- Mediastinal lesions in children.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
- Pediatric Thymoma: A Review and Update of the Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Thymic Tumours in Children.Pediatric reports · 2021Article
- Mediastinal thymoma: A difficult diagnosis in the pediatric age.Radiology case reports · 2021Article
- Genomic alterations in thymoma-molecular pathogenesis?Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Review
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- The Role of a Good Quality Autopsy in Pediatric Malpractice Claim: A Case Report of an Unexpected Death in an Undiagnosed Thymoma.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Surveillance after pediatric thymoma resection.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2019Article
- Thymomas in children.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2019Article
- Thymic lesions of the paediatric age group: a comprehensive review of non-neoplastic and neoplastic etiologies.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2019Review
- Imaging of the pediatric thymus: Clinicoradiologic approach.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2017Review
- Vitamin K Deficiency Presenting in an Infant with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in pediatrics · 2017Article
- CHEST PAIN DUE TO A GIANT THYMOMA IN AN ADOLESCENT BOY.Acta endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)Article
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Abstract
purposeThymomas are rare pediatric malignancies with indolent behavior. There are fewer than 50 reported cases and no comprehensive review. We sought to evaluate our recent experience with pediatric thymomas, and comprehensively review the extant literature.
methodsA systematic search of the PubMed database was performed using keywords: "thymoma", "pediatric", "juvenile", "childhood", and "child". Additional studies were identified by a manual search of the reference list.
resultsWe report two patients with thymomas. We identified 22 case reports or series that described 48 patients; 62 % were male, 15 % presented with myasthenia gravis. Fifty percent were Masaoka Stage I, 15 % were Stage II, 13 % were Stage III, and 23 % were Stage IV. Four patients with early stage (I or II) disease were treated with adjuvant therapies in addition to surgical excision, while five patients with late stage (III or IV) disease treated with surgical excision alone. Of studies reporting at least 2-year follow-up, survival was 71 %.
conclusionPediatric thymomas are rare tumors with a slight male predominance. Wide variations were observed in the treatment of thymomas across all stages. Our review indicates a need for large database and multi-institutional studies to clearly elucidate clinical course, prognostic factors and outcome.
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