title: Spontaneous thymic hemorrhage in an adult.
abstract: Spontaneous thymic hemorrhage in a normal thymus in neonates and infants has been reported in the literature. Only one case of spontaneous thymic hemorrhage in an adult has been reported to our knowledge. We herein report the case of an adult who had a cardiac operation 26 years previously and who was on anticoagulation. He experienced acute hemorrhage in a normal thymus, and this was not thought to be attributable to an accidental cause such as trauma or to hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo City, Japan. Electronic address: motoki.sakuraba@doc.city.sapporo.jp.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuraba
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo City, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo City, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo City, Japan.
authors.forename: Taijiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mishina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants