Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report

Thymoma, the most common neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum especially in adults, accounts for 20-25% of all mediastinal tumors and 50% of anterior mediastinal masses. These tumors are routinely asymptomatic for prolonged periods of time. Pericardial tamponade is a very rare initial manifestation...

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Published in:Journal of cardiothoracic surgery 2012-02, Vol.7 (1), p.14-14, Article 14
Main Authors: Fazlıoğulları, Osman, Atalan, Nazan, Gürer, Onur, Akgün, Serdar, Arsan, Sinan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Cardiac tumors (includes primary, metastatic)
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
CT imaging
Diagnosis
Humans
Male
mediastinal tumor (includes thymus)
Risk factors
thymectomy
Thymoma
Thymoma - complications
Thymoma - pathology
Thymus Neoplasms - complications
Thymus Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:Thymoma, the most common neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum especially in adults, accounts for 20-25% of all mediastinal tumors and 50% of anterior mediastinal masses. These tumors are routinely asymptomatic for prolonged periods of time. Pericardial tamponade is a very rare initial manifestation of a thymoma. This report presents a patient who had hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade that likely resulted from the largest symptomatic mixed type (type AB) thymoma described in the literature.
ISSN:1749-8090
1749-8090
DOI:10.1186/1749-8090-7-14