RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Clinicopathological features of resected pediatric congenital lung and mediastinal lesions
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 209
OP 212
DO 10.15537/smj.2021.2.25705
VO 42
IS 2
A1 Saud A. Al Jadaan
A1 Suliaman M. Alaqeel
A1 Nouf Alsadoun
A1 Noor H. Allababidi
A1 Majed Alharbi
A1 Alaa S. Almuzaini
A1 Marya Alsuhaibani
A1 Abdulrahman Alsulaiman
YR 2021
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/42/2/209.abstract
AB Objectives: To evaluate resected congenital lung and mediastinal lesions among children and their characteristics in a single tertiary hospital.Methods: A retrospective chart review analysis of all patients under 14 years of age who underwent congenital lung and mediastinal lesion resection in a single tertiary center from June 1997 to June 2018 was performed.Results: In total, 108 cases of resected lung and mediastinal lesions were performed from June 1997 to June 2018. Congenital lung and mediastinal lesions were found in 52 (48%) cases. Overall, 23 cases were males (44%) and 29 (56%) were females. The most common histopathology was congenital lobar emphysema.Conclusion: This study provides a 21-year review of the clinical and histopathological features of resected congenital lung and mediastinal lesions in a single center. Congenital lung and mediastinal lesions represented 48% of all resected lesions.