Table 3.
Pathological diagnosis and surgical approach of 24 thymic cysts combined with other thoracic tumor.
| Pathological diagnosis | Number | VATS | Open surgery | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoracotomy | Sternotomy | Neck incision | ||||
| Lung cancer | Invasive adenocarcinoma | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lung benign nodule | Carcinoma in situ | 1 | 1 | |||
| Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Granuloma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bronchiectasis | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fibrous calcified tissue | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Hamartoma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Thymoma | B1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| B2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Thymic squamous cell carcinomas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Thymic hyperplasia | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Mature teratomas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Neurilemmoma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ectopicthyroidgland | 1 | 1 | ||||