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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2024.25799
Pediatric mediastinal tumors
Ömer Soysal1, Fatma Betül Çakır2
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
2Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2024.25799
Mediastinal tumors are the most common thoracic tumor in
the pediatric population. They include a spectrum of tumors,
and most are malignant. These lesions can be anatomically
and radiologically classified by means of compartments;
anterior, middle, and posterior. Symptoms, signs, localization
of the tumor, age of the child, and tumor markers are key
points of diagnosis. Surgical approaches are typically needed
for diagnosis, but sometimes tru-cut needle biopsies may be
sufficient. Mediastinoscopy, mediastinotomy, and video-assisted
thoracoscopic surgery may be used in the diagnostic workup
of mediastinal tumors in children as they are used in adults.
Frequently, diagnosis and treatment are both established by means
of surgery. Surgery remains the mainstay of treatment of most
benign and malignant nonlymphoid tumors. Combined modality
of treatment incorporating chemotherapy and radiotherapy is
often required in malignant tumors and is associated with high
survival rates in these patients.
Keywords : Mediastinum, pediatric, tumor
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