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Table 3 Surgeries for the enrolled UCDs and MCDs

From: Clinical spectrum of intrathoracic Castleman disease: a retrospective analysis of 48 cases in a single Chinese hospital

 

UCD (n = 16)

MCD (n = 32)

Thoracic surgery

  

Open thoracic surgery

16/100%

0

VATS ξ

1/16.67%

8/25%

Abdominal surgery

0

1/3.12%

Superficial LN biopsy

0

21/65.6%

Cervical LN

0

9/28.13%

Axillary LN

0

6/18.75%

Supratrochlear LN

0

1/3.12%

Percutaneous lung biopsy

0

2/6.25%

  1. VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery LN: Lymphonode.
  2. ξOne case with UCD was performed VATS initially, then he was changed to open thoracic surgery because of severe adhesion in the surgery field.
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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