This is a single-center, retrospective study conducted in the department of pediatric surgery, at a tertiary care hospital over 10 years (2011–2021). All children <18 years of age who were diagnosed with thoracic tumors based on the departmental protocol as depicted in Figure 1 were included. Of these, tumors of the lung, mediastinum, and thoracic cage (ribs, intercostal muscles, nerves, and scapula) were included and those with cardiac tumors were excluded.
All children with a clinical suspicion of a thoracic lesion underwent a systematic clinical and radiological assessment to identify the exact anatomical location, the extent of the tumor, and the presence of metastases. Figure 2 depicts the tumors diagnosed at different anatomical locations of the thorax. The treatment of the thoracic tumors depended on the nature and the extent of the tumor, i.e., biopsy followed by adjuvant therapy or upfront surgical resections. The surgical approaches followed were either thoracoscopic surgeries, thoracotomy without rib resections, or thoracotomy with rib resections. The case files were reviewed and information regarding their demography, clinical presentations, diagnosis, treatment administered, and outcomes were collated and analyzed.