Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report

Fazlıoğulları O., ATALAN N., GÜRER O., AKGÜN S., ARSAN S.

JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, cilt.7, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-14
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cardiac tumors (includes primary, metastatic), mediastinal tumor (includes thymus), thymectomy, thymoma
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.