Spontaneous Thymic Cyst Hemorrhage Manifesting as a Mediastinal Mass.
- Author:
Jun Ho LEE
1
;
Eui Chang KIM
;
Yong Seok LIM
;
Hyun Suk LEE
;
Sookhee SONG
;
Suhyun KIM
;
Hye Ok KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Thymic cyst; Hemorrhages; Mediastinal cyst
- MeSH: Diagnosis, Differential; Hemorrhage*; Humans; Korea; Male; Mediastinal Cyst*; Mediastinum; Middle Aged; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine 2016;91(1):62-65
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Thymic cysts are uncommon benign lesions in the anterior mediastinum. We here describe a 55-year-old male with spontaneous thymic cyst hemorrhage manifesting as a rapidly enlarging mediastinal mass that was resected completely with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a spontaneous thymic cyst hemorrhage in Korea. In cases of rapidly enlarging mediastinal masses, spontaneous thymic cyst hemorrhage should be considered as a differential diagnosis.
