title: Intrapleural rupture of a cystic thymoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. masa424@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haniuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Numanami
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: 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