SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LARGE BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMORS OF THE HEART AND MEDIASTINUM IN CHILDREN

Abstract

SUMMARY. Authors operated on 24 children with tumors of the heart and mediastinum. Analysis of the results showed that a third of patients with tumors of the thymus has had a rapid malignancy. This fact allows to conclude about the necessity of the surgery soon after the detection of tumors, despite the absence of clinical signs of the chest organs lesion.

Keywords

• tumors of the heart and mediastinum
• surgical treatment
• children