Primary intrapulmonary thymoma: a systematic review.

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P O Myers,N Kritikos,M Bongiovanni,F Triponez,S Collaud,J-C Pache,J H Robert,

AIM: This article reviews the literature on the clinical features, diagnosis and management of primary intrapulmonary thymoma. METHODS: Medline, Embase and Cochrane Library searches were performed on all relevant Anglo-Saxon language articles. The search words included "primary pulmonary thymoma" and "intrapulmonary thymoma". Secondary references were obtained from key articles. Prognostic and treatment strategies were analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method, comparisons between curves were made using log rank test. RESULTS: The searches yielded 25 cases of primary intrapulmonary thymoma. Median follow-up was 9 months (1 day to 13 years). At follow-up, 14 patients were tumor free, one patient had a local recurrence 8 years after radiotherapy, one patient responded favorably to radiotherapy, six patients died and three patients were lost to follow-up. The presence of a paraneoplastic syndrome decreased survival (P=0.02), however, histological subgroup (P=0.216), clinical stage (P=0.63) and tumor size (P=0.288) did not affect survival. Survival in surgically managed patients was significantly better than in conservatively managed patients (P=0.039). Adjuvant radiotherapy did not provide any benefit (P=0.4). CONCLUSION: Complete resection of primary intrapulmonary thymomas appears sufficient in non-malignant tumors. Because of the risk of late local recurrence, long-term regular clinical follow-up is warranted.

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Review

Journal: European journal of surgical oncology : the journa

VOLUME: 33

Page Numbers: 1137-41

Journal Abbreviation: Eur J Surg Oncol

ISSN: 1532-2157

DAY: 17

MONTH: 04

YEAR: 2007

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AFFILIATION: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. patrick.myers@hcuge.ch

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