Table 1 A summary of 45 cases (including the current case) of LESA-like TH in the literatures
References | Number of cases | Gender(M/F) | Median age (range)(years) | Location | Median size (range)(mm) | Clinical Manifestations | Autoimmune disorders | Treatment | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weissferdt et al. [1] | 4 | 2/2 | 45.5(37–53) | Anterior mediastinum | 229 (115–220) | 3 cases asymptomatic,1 case chest pain | Not found | Surgery | Alive |
ZHANG et al. [4] | 2 | 1/1 | 61 (56–66) | The anterior middle and upper mediastinum | 85 (60–130) | 1 case asymptomatic,1 case cough and phlegm | Not found | Surgery | Alive |
Tanaka et al. [2] | 1 | 1/0 | 55 | Anterior mediastinum | 240 | Asymptomatic | Immunoglobulin G4-related disorders | Surgery | Alive |
Porubsky et al. [3] | 36 | 21/15 | 52 (32–80) | Unknown | 70 (10–145) | 34 cases asymptomatic, 2 cases MG | 12 patients autoimmune disorders | Unknown | Unknown |
Arndt et al. [5] | 1 | 1/0 | 43 | Upper mediastinum | 45 | Dyspnea and chest pain | Not found | Surgery | Alive |
Current case | 1 | 0/1 | 52 | Anterior mediastinum | 75 | Asymptomatic | Not found | Surgery | Alive |