Open AccessThymoma: Clinical experience from a tertiary care institute from North India
Author(s) -
Narendra Kumar,
Ritesh Kumar,
Anjan Bera,
Sushmita Ghoshal,
Rakesh Kapoor,
BD Radotra,
Suresh C. Sharma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.113364
Subject(s) - medicine , thymoma , asymptomatic , stage (stratigraphy) , radiation therapy , thymectomy , surgery , myasthenia gravis , mediastinum , radiology , paleontology , biology
Thymomas are the most common tumors of the mediastinum. They have varied presentation ranging from asymptomatic incidental mediastinal masses to locally extensive tumor with compressive symptoms and distant metastases. The authors present our institute's experience in combined modality management of thymomas.