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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2010-10, Vol.40 (10), p.958-962
Main Authors: Saito, Yuichi, Murai, Katsumi, Kawai, Yasuyuki, Takahashi, Nobumasa, Ikeya, Tomohiko, Hoshi, Eishin, Kawabata, Yoshinori
Format: Article
Language:English
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
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
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.
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-009-4136-0