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A 28-year-old man with hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade caused by a giant type AB thymoma was successfully treated with partial surgical resection followed by chemoradiotherapy.
Case Report (n=1)
Hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade can be a rare initial manifestation of a giant thymoma, requiring prompt evacuation and surgical resection.
Hemorrhagic tamponade may rarely signal giant thymoma; leaves open optimal multimodal strategies for unresectable cases in young adults.
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.
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Fazlıoğulları et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Cardiac tamponade from a giant thymoma (n=1). Surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy was evaluated on Resolution of symptoms and tumor resection. A 28-year-old man with hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade caused by a giant type AB thymoma was successfully treated with partial surgical resection followed by chemoradiotherapy.
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