Open AccessTimoma en edad pediátrica. Reporte de un caso y revisión de la bibliografía
Author(s) -
Ana Lilia Nolasco-de la Rosa,
Roberto Mosiñoz-Montes,
Luis Alberto Nuñez-Trenado,
Edgardo Román-Guzmán,
Christian Ezequiel Chávez-Villicaña,
Guillermo Naranjo-Hernández
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cirugía y cirujanos
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2444-054X
pISSN - 0009-7411
DOI - 10.1016/j.circir.2015.04.034
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinal mass , thymoma , mediastinum , superior vena cava , anterior mediastinum , superior vena cava syndrome , radiology , radiography , great vessels , mediastinal tumor , surgery
Mediastinal tumours in children are rare. Around 25% of them can be malignant. The thymoma is an uncommon neoplasm, and during adulthood it corresponds to 30% of anterior mediastinum tumours. The peak incidence is between 55-65 years.