@Article{, title={Surgical Experience in Mediastinal Cysts: At the Thoracic and Vascular Department in Ghazi Al Hariri, Surgical Subspecialties Hospital, Medical City,Baghdad, Iraq}, author={Mohammed S Abdilqadir*, Looiy Mohammed Yousif AL-Hallaq**, Hussein Aboob Alkabi**, Abdul Khalik Zaki Benyan***}, journal={Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal المجلة العراقية للاختصاصات الطبية}, volume={17}, number={4}, pages={315-321}, year={2018}, abstract={ABSTRACT:BACK GROUND:Cystic lesions of the mediastinum are not uncommon, comprising 20% to 32% of all primarymediastinal tumors. They are particularly significant because of the difficulty in making adifferential diagnosis: they can simulate multiple lesions, both benign and malignant.OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to review the clinical presentations and the results of surgery inpatients with mediastinal cysts.PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective study of twenty-two patients with mediastinal cysts, who were admitted andsurgically treated at Ghazi Al-Hariri for surgical sub specialties hospital during ten years fromJanuary 2003 to December 2013. Clinical features, imaging techniques, surgical approaches,morbidity, mortality and follow-up were analyzed.RESULTS:Out of twenty-two patients with mediastinal cysts, there were 13 males (59.09%) and 9 females(40.9%) patients. There were 12 pediatric (54.54%) patients ≤ 16 years of age and 10 adults(45.45%) patients (age range, 36 days to 40 years; average age, 20 years). All patients withmediastinal cysts were symptomatic. Overall common symptoms were dyspnea (68.1%), followedby cough (50%), chest pain (31.8%), tachypnea (4.5%), dysphagia (4.5%), vomiting (4.5%), andfever (4.5%). Cysts excision were performed in all cases with an uneventful recovery and with norecurrence during the follow up period.CONCLUSION:Most of mediastinal cysts located at middle compartment, Surgery for mediastinal cysts isassociated with low morbidity and mortality rates and a very low recurrence rate. It offers adefinitive diagnosis and cure.

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