胸内巨大肿瘤手术治疗难度大、风险高、并发症多,是胸外科难点之一。从1998年1月-2002年12月,我们共收治胸内巨大肿瘤12例,均经手术切除治愈,现总结如下。1资料和方法1．1资料本组12例,男7例,女5例,平均年龄35岁。肿瘤位于左胸4例,右胸8例。X线胸片显示肿瘤体积超过一侧胸腔 Surgical treatment of huge intrathoracic tumors is difficult, high risk and complications, is one of the difficult thoracic surgery. From January 1998 to December 2002, we received a total of 12 cases of intrathoracic cancer, were cured by surgical resection, are summarized below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 Materials The group of 12 patients, 7 males and 5 females, with an average age of 35 years. The tumor was located in the left chest in 4 cases and in the right chest in 8 cases. X-ray showed a tumor volume more than one side of the chest