Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 62 patients with PMTs.
| Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 28 (45) |
| Female | 34 (55) |
| Age (yr) | 52.3 ± 15.8 (22 to 82) |
| Treatment | |
| Surgery | 34 (54.8) |
| Chemotherapy | 28 (45.2) |
| PMT subtype | |
| Lymphoma | 17 (27.4) |
| TET | 45 (72.6) |
| Lymphoma subtype a | |
| Hodgkin | 6 (35.3) |
| Non-Hodgkin | 11 (64.7) |
| TET subtype b | |
| Thymoma | 31 (68.9) |
| Thymic carcinoma | 14 (31.1) |
| Invasiveness of thymoma c | |
| Noninvasive | 25 (80.6) |
| Invasive | 6 (19.4) |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviations (range: min. to max.) for age, and n (%) for others. Abbreviations: PMT: prevascular mediastinal tumor; yr: year; TET: thymic epithelial tumor. a included 17 patients with lymphoma only. b included 45 patients with TET only. c included 31 patients with thymoma only.