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Spontaneous hemorrhage of thymus and thymoma in adults

de Perrot, Marc ; Bründler, Marie-Anne ; Girardet, Christophe ; Spiliopoulos, Anastase

In: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 1999, vol. 16, no. 6, p. 674-676

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    Title
    • Spontaneous hemorrhage of thymus and thymoma in adults
    Author
    • de Perrot, Marc. Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
    • Bründler, Marie-Anne. Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Girardet, Christophe. Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Spiliopoulos, Anastase. Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:298895
    Summary
    Spontaneous hemorrhage from the thymus is extremely rare. In adults, it may occur in patients without underlying coagulopathy and mimic aortic dissection. To the best of our knowledge, only three previous adult cases have been reported in the English literature. This report presents two additional adult patients who were admitted in our institution with different clinical presentations of spontaneous thymic hemorrhage