Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report

Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>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...

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Main Authors: Fazlıoğulları Osman, Atalan Nazan, Gürer Onur, Akgün Serdar, Arsan Sinan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Cardiac tumors (includes primary, metastatic)
mediastinal tumor (includes thymus)
thymectomy
thymoma
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/14
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spelling doaj-c46fa8400bf142c483058994d8bcfdc72020-11-25T02:27:12ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902012-02-01711410.1186/1749-8090-7-14Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case reportFazlıoğulları OsmanAtalan NazanGürer OnurAkgün SerdarArsan Sinan<p>Abstract</p> <p>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.</p> http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/14Cardiac tumors (includes primary, metastatic)mediastinal tumor (includes thymus)thymectomythymoma
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author Fazlıoğulları Osman
Atalan Nazan
Gürer Onur
Akgün Serdar
Arsan Sinan
spellingShingle Fazlıoğulları Osman
Atalan Nazan
Gürer Onur
Akgün Serdar
Arsan Sinan
Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiac tumors (includes primary, metastatic)
mediastinal tumor (includes thymus)
thymectomy
thymoma
author_facet Fazlıoğulları Osman
Atalan Nazan
Gürer Onur
Akgün Serdar
Arsan Sinan
author_sort Fazlıoğulları Osman
title Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report
title_short Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report
title_full Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report
title_fullStr Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report
title_sort cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma: case report
publisher BMC
series Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
issn 1749-8090
publishDate 2012-02-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>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.</p>
topic Cardiac tumors (includes primary, metastatic)
mediastinal tumor (includes thymus)
thymectomy
thymoma
url http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/14
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