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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with giant thymoma

From: Giant thymoma successfully resected via median sternotomy and anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report

Author

Year

Age/Sex

Symptoms

Tumor size (cm)

Histology (WHO)

Masaoka Stage

Surgical Approach

Resection Completeness

Takanami [3]

1999

62 M

asymptom

13 × 10 × 10

A

I

median + right anterolateral

R0

Santoprete [5]

2007

73 F

chest pain

12 × 14 × 12

AB

II

left clamshell

R0

Yamazaki [6]

2007

58 F

palpitation

20 × 14 × 8

A

III

right anterolateral

R0

Fazliogullari [7]

2012

28 M

dyspnea

17 × 12 × 7

AB

II

median

R1

Takenaka [8]

2012

61 M

cough

18 × 14 × 11

AB

II

median

R0

Filosso [9]

2012

74 F

dyspnea

14 × 13 × 8

AB

II

right posteroalateral

R0

Spartails [10]

2012

83 F

kyphosis

20 × 11 × 2

B1

I

median

R0

Aydin [11]

2012

23 F

chest pain

21 × 7 × 7

B1

II

right posteroalateral

R0

Saito [12]

2015

45 M

asymptom

13 × 10

AB

I

right anterolateral

R0

Zhao [13]

2016

46 M

dyspnea

19 × 16 × 15

AB

II

left hemic lamshell

R0

Alexiev [14]

2016

49 F

cough

10 <

AB

I

left anterolateral

R0

Present case

2017

63 F

asymptom

16 × 10 × 7

B2

II

median + left anterolateral

R0