Korean J Med.
2016 Aug;91(1):62-65. 10.3904/kjm.2016.91.1.62.
Spontaneous Thymic Cyst Hemorrhage Manifesting as a Mediastinal Mass
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. ebbnflow@naver.com
- KMID: 2345586
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2016.91.1.62
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.
