title: Spontaneous hemorrhage of a thymic cyst in an adult: report of a case.
abstract: Mediastinal cysts account for about 19% of all mediastinal masses, and thymic cysts represent only about 1.5% of anterior mediastinal masses. Thymic cysts do not usually cause symptoms and are often found incidentally on routine chest radiography. We report the case of a thymic cyst that hemorrhaged into the mediastinum and the right pleural cavity, causing chest pain. The patient, a 55-year-old man, underwent emergency surgical resection and recovered uneventfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Pathology, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 1696 Itai, Kumagaya, Saitama 360-0105, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Nobumasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeya
authors.forename: Eishin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawabata
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed