Surgery of benign neurogenic tumors in adults: single institution experience

The objective of this work is to review retrospectively our experience with 17 patients presenting with benign neurogenic tumors, managed in the department of thoracic surgery, Mohamed V Military Academic Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. Between 2003 and 2011, seventeen patients were surgically treated for...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2014-11, Vol.19 (288), p.288-288
Main Authors: Ratbi, Moulay Brahim, El Oueriachi, Fayçal, Arsalane, Adil, El Hammoumi, Mohamed Massine, Kabiri, El Hassane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
benign neurogenic tumor
Case Series
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Ganglioneuroma - pathology
Ganglioneuroma - surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms - pathology
Mediastinal Neoplasms - surgery
mediastinum
Middle Aged
Morocco
Neurilemmoma - pathology
Neurilemmoma - surgery
Neurofibroma - pathology
Neurofibroma - surgery
Retrospective Studies
surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods
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Summary:The objective of this work is to review retrospectively our experience with 17 patients presenting with benign neurogenic tumors, managed in the department of thoracic surgery, Mohamed V Military Academic Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. Between 2003 and 2011, seventeen patients were surgically treated for benign neurogenic tumors of the mediastinum, among 112 mediastinal tumors operated during the same period. The mean age of the 17 patients was 46 years, including 11 females and 6 males. The information about clinical presentation, diagnostic procedures, surgical techniques and postoperative follow-up were extracted and analyzed from medical records. Symptoms related to the tumor were found in 13 patients (76,4%). The posterior mediastinum was the principal location (16 cases: 94%). Intraspinal extension was shown through MRI in one case. Surgical extirpation was complete in all patients. There were no tumor-related deaths and no significant complications. There were 13 schwannomas, 2 neurofibromas and 2 ganglioneuromas. Neurogenic tumors of the mediastinum in adults are mostly benign. Their only treatment is surgical extirpation. Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection is currently the best approach in selected patients.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2014.19.288.4929