Abstract
In a series of 52 malignant thymic tumors at our institution between 19751986, there were 34 thymomas, 4 thymic carcinomas, 5 germ cell tumors, 1 thymic carcinoid, 1 thymic malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and 7 malignant lymphomas.Aggressive surgical resection of tumors combined with chemotherapy and/or irradiation were tried to perform for these tumors. Thymomas, thymic carcinomas, and a thymic carcinoid seem to be good after the treatment.On the other hand, germ cell tumors and malignant lymphomas seem to be not good. Treatment effects for complications of thymomas were not satisfactory except for myasthenia gravis. Localized recurrences could be managed by surgical resection and/or irradiation, and W-CT is a useful examination to detect recurrences of tumors at early stage.
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