title: Massive thymic hemorrhage in a neonate: an entity revisited.
abstract: The authors describe a case of early neonatal death of a full-term infant who had respiratory distress and anemia after fetal distress during labor. Postmortem examination disclosed mediastinal compression by a large fresh hemorrhage into the left lobe of the thymus. Massive thymic hemorrhage is an extremely rare but sometimes lethal occurrence; it may represent a manifestation of early-onset hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mortimer
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Loftus
mesh_terms: D000751:Anemia, Neonatal / Q000209:etiology; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000150:complications; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000150:complications; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology; D013950:Thymus Gland