Hemothorax due to rupture of a benign thymoma.
Non-traumatic hemothorax is rare and in the case we report was due to rupture of a benign thymoma. The clinical course of the patient suggested rapid intrathoracic bleeding and emergency surgery was required to make the correct diagnosis.
D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*