Thymus Gland Pathology

1. The Thymus from Antiquity to the Present Day: the History of a Mysterious Gland
Corrado Lavini

2. Embryology and Anatomy of the Thymus Gland
Carla Palumbo

3. Physiology and Immunology of the Thymus Gland
Milena Nasi, Marcello Pinti, Leonarda Troiano, Andrea Cossarizza

4. Congenital Pathology of the Thymus
William Diehl-Jones, Debbie F. Askin

5. Hyperplastic and Inflammatory Pathology of the Thymus
Antonio Maiorana, Luca Reggiani-Bonetti

6. Benign and Malignant Tumors
Cesar A. Moran

7. Clinical Features of Thymus Pathology
Ghulam Khaleeq, Hakim A. Ali, Ali I. Musani

8. Thymus and Myasthenia Gravis. Pathophysiological and Clinical Features
Loredana Capone, Riccarda Gentile, Rudolf Schoenhuber

9. Radiologic Diagnosis: X-ray, CT and MRI
Matteo Zanichelli, Manuela Gozzi, Mario Bertolani

10. PET Features
Bruno Bagni, Antonella Franceschetto, Alessandra Casolo, Marina Cucca

11. Minimally Invasive and Surgical Diagnosis
Ciro Ruggiero, Corrado Lavini, Younes Mehd, Daniela Paioli, Marco Patelli, Mario Santis, Antonio Affinita

12. Surgical Anatomy of the Thymus Gland
Joseph B. Shrager

13. Anesthesiological Problems in Thymus Gland Surgery
Vincenzo Lucio Indrizzi, Fabio Gazzotti, Maria Antonietta Fanigliulo, Alberto Tassi

14. Conventional Techniques: Cervicotomy
Piero Borasio, Francesco Ardissone

15. Conventional Techniques: Median Sternotomy
Alfredo Mussi, Marco Lucchi

16. Conventional Techniques: Transthoracic Approach
Uliano Morandi, Christian Casali

17. Open Videoassisted Techniques: Transcervical Approach
Marc Perrot, Shaf Keshavjee

18. Open Videoassisted Techniques: Subxiphoid Approach with Bilateral Thoracoscopy
Chung-Ping Hsu, Cheng-Yen Chuang

19. Open Videoassisted Techniques: Transcervical-Subxiphoid-Videothoracoscopic Maximal Thymectomy
Marcin Zieliński, Łukasz Hauer, Jarosław Kużdżał, Witold Sośnicki, Maria Harazda, Juliusz Pankowski, Tomasz Nabiałek, Artur Szlubowski

20. Open Videoassisted Techniques: Thoracoscopic Extended Thymectomy with Bilateral Approach and Anterior Chest Wall Lifting
Hiroyuki Shiono, Mitsunori Ohta, Meinoshin Okumura

21. Totally Endoscopic Techniques: Left-Sided Thoracoscopic Thymectomy
Klaus Gellert, Sven Köther

22. Totally Endoscopic Techniques: Right-Sided Thoracoscopic Thymectomy
Gavin M. Wright, Cameron Keating

23. Robotic Techniques
Federico Rea, Giuseppe Marull

24. Complex Surgical Interventions in Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Zhen-Dong Gu, Ke-Neng Chen

25. Reinterventions for Thymoma Recurrences
Piero Zannini, Giampiero Negri, Monica Casiraghi, Luca Ferla, Paola Ciriaco

26. Chemotherapy in Thymic Neoplasms
Pier Franco Conte, Fausto Barbieri

27. Radiotherapy in Thymic Neoplasms
Tony Y. Eng, Aidnag Z. Diaz, Join Y. Luh

28. Complementary Treatments in Thymic Neoplasms: Steroids and Octreotide
Liliana Montella, Giovannella Palmieri

29. Thymus-related Myasthenia Gravis. Multimodal Therapy and Follow-up
Riccarda Gentile, Loredana Capone, Rudolf Schoenhuber

30. Thymus Transplantation
M. Louise Markert, Blythe H. Devlin, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Ivan K. Chinn, Laura P. Hale

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Thoracic Surgery, Surgery, Pediatrics, Oncology, Neurology