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  • Title: Giant thymoma successfully resected via anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report.
    Author: Saito T, Makino T, Hata Y, Koezuka S, Otsuka H, Isobe K, Tochigi N, Shibuya K, Homma S, Iyoda A.
    Journal: J Cardiothorac Surg; 2015 Sep 01; 10():110. PubMed ID: 26324168.
    Abstract:
    The appropriate surgical approach for a large mediastinal tumor is controversial. Median sternotomy is the standard approach for thymomas. We herein report the case of a giant thymoma, 13 cm in diameter, surgically resected via anterolateral incision. Subsequent thymectomy was performed via thoracoscopy. The resected specimen was a WHO type AB thymoma, Masaoka stage I, without capsular invasion. The anterolateral incision was less invasive and more versatile in the present case, as the incision could be extended to a hemiclamshell or posterolateral incision depending on exposure and relationship to adjacent organs and vascular structures.
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