title: Cardiac compression by a thymic cyst.
abstract: A patient with a giant thymic cyst, causing cardiac compression, is presented. Thymic cysts are uncommon and often asymptomatic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Declercq
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Raemdonck
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Desmet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000503:physiopathology