Spontaneous hemorrhage of a thymic cyst in an adult: Report of a case

Mediastinal cysts account for about 19% of all mediastinal masses, and thymic cysts represent only about 1.5% of anterior mediastinal masses. Thymic cysts do not usually cause symptoms and are often found incidentally on routine chest radiography. We report the case of a thymic cyst that hemorrhaged...

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Published inSurgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 958 - 962
Main Authors Saito, Yuichi, Murai, Katsumi, Kawai, Yasuyuki, Takahashi, Nobumasa, Ikeya, Tomohiko, Hoshi, Eishin, Kawabata, Yoshinori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan Springer Japan 01.10.2010
Subjects
Case Report
Diagnosis, Differential
Follow-Up Studies
Hemothorax - diagnosis
Hemothorax - etiology
Hemothorax - surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mediastinal Cyst - complications
Mediastinal Cyst - diagnosis
Mediastinal Cyst - surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Radiography, Thoracic
Rupture, Spontaneous
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Thoracic Surgical Procedures - methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Emergency
Thymic cyst
Hemothorax
Surgery
Mediastinal tumor
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Summary:Mediastinal cysts account for about 19% of all mediastinal masses, and thymic cysts represent only about 1.5% of anterior mediastinal masses. Thymic cysts do not usually cause symptoms and are often found incidentally on routine chest radiography. We report the case of a thymic cyst that hemorrhaged into the mediastinum and the right pleural cavity, causing chest pain. The patient, a 55-year-old man, underwent emergency surgical resection and recovered uneventfully.
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ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-009-4136-0