Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to B Starosolski.
35 patients (11 men, 24 women, aged 5-73) with mesenchymal tumor of mediastinum were surgically treated in the period 1970-1993. This group stated 10,3% of all patients treated because of cysts and tumors of mediastinum in this time. In 17 cases tumors were benign and in 18 malignant. In 31 pts total resection and in 3-partial resection were done. 5 out of 15 pts with malignant tumor are alive.
In the years 1980-1989 in the Thoracosurgery Department, Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice, 12 patients were treated in whom primary bronchopulmonary carcinoid was diagnosed. Surgical treatment was given to 11 patients. In three of them atypical carcinoid structure was found. From the group of 12 patients three died after 3-22 months. No information was available about one patient but it could be supposed that this patient also died.
In the years 1968-1989 out of 300 patients with surgically treated mediastinal tumors in 63 (21%) they were of neurogenic origin. Eighteen of these (29%) proved to be malignant. These tumors occurred in 23 males and 40 females, age range 14 months-67 years (mean 36 years). In all 45 patients with benign tumors and in 12 (66.7%) with malignant tumors the tumors were totally resected. In 4 patients the tumor was only partially resected in further two only a biopsy of the lesion was taken. During postoperative period one patient with a malignant tumor died. Ten (71.4%) patients survived 5 years with malignant lesions, while only 8 (61.5%) survived ten years. All patients that underwent resection of the benign tumor survived 10 years.