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Intrapleural rupture of a cystic thymoma
M Haniuda1, H Numanami, R Kondo
1Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. masa424@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
Journal of Thoracic Imaging
|October 20, 2000
Abstract:
Although cystic degeneration of a thymoma is not uncommon, rupture of a cystic thymoma is rare. The authors report a patient with sudden chest pain and dyspnea due to rupture of a cystic thymoma into the right pleural space.