Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report.
Thymoma, the most common neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum especially in adults, accounts for 20-25% of all mediastinal tumors and 50% of anterior mediastinal masses. These tumors are routinely asymptomatic for prolonged periods of time. Pericardial tamponade is a very rare initial manifestation of a thymoma. This report presents a patient who had hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade that likely resulted from the largest symptomatic mixed type (type AB) thymoma described in the literature.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicana Hospitals Camlica, Istanbul, Turkey.
Osman
O
Fazlıoğulları
Nazan
N
Atalan
Onur
O
Gürer
Serdar
S
Akgün
Sinan
S
Arsan
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology