RT Book, Section
A1 McNamee, Ciaran J.
A1 Hassan, Khalil A.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Burt, Bryan M.
A2 Groth, Shawn S.
A2 Loor, Gabriel
A2 Wolf, Andrea S.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
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ID 1170416532
T1 Resection of Benign Anterior and Middle Mediastinal Cysts and Tumors
T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260026931
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170416532
RD 2024/04/20
AB Primary  benign  anterior  and  middle  mediastinal  tumors  arise  from  mediastinal  structures  either  as  benign  proliferative  processes  or  as  a  consequence  of  inflammation.  They  may  also  occur  as  a  result  of  the  arrest  of  embryonic  cells  traversing  this  compartment  with  later  tumor  growth  (germ  cell  tumors).  The  majority  of  benign  mediastinal  tumors  are  either  cystic  or  solid;  if  solid  they  derive  primarily  from  the  thymus,  or  they  extend  downward  from  the  superior  mediastinum  (thyroid  substernal  goiter),  or  to  a  lesser  extent  they  derive  from  mediastinal  mesenchymal  tissue.  Primary  mesenchymal  mediastinal  tumors  represent  fewer  than  10%  of  primary  mediastinal  tumors  and  have  a  higher  prevalence  for  malignant  potential  in  children.1