Intrapleural rupture of a cystic thymoma.
Although cystic degeneration of a thymoma is not uncommon, rupture of a cystic thymoma is rare. The authors report a patient with sudden chest pain and dyspnea due to rupture of a cystic thymoma into the right pleural space.
Haniuda
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Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. masa424@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
Numanami
H
H
Kondo
R
R
Kurai
M
M
Takashima
S
S
Amano
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003560:Cysts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed