Spontaneous rupture of a giant thymoma causing hemothorax and cardiopulmonary collapse.

Swetha Lakshminarayanan, Miguel A Ureña-Perez, Israel Ramirez-Sanchez, Claire Bensard, Patricia A Thistlethwaite

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Swetha LakshminarayananDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, United States.

Miguel A Ureña-PerezDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, United States.

Israel Ramirez-SanchezNational Polytechnic Institute, Higher Education School of Medicine Graduate Studies and Research, Mexico City, Mexico.

Claire BensardDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, United States.

Patricia A ThistlethwaiteDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, United States.

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Abstract

Spontaneous rupture of a thymoma is a rare event. An 81-year-old female presented with an asymptomatic 14-cm thymoma in the mid-upper mediastinum, extending to the right diaphragm for thymectomy. Two days before surgery, she developed acute dyspnea and chest pain. Admission chest roentgenogram showed a new large right pleural effusion. Thoracoscopic drainage of 2200 mL of blood mixed with necrotic tumor debris revealed a posterior rupture of her thymoma. The mass was resected via median sternotomy, and the chest irrigated. Her postoperative course was uneventful. Final pathology showed Type A thymoma with an 8-cm perforation, with ruptured intratumoral and capsular veins.

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Cardiopulmonary collapseHemothoraxSpontaneous ruptureThymoma

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PMID42112501

DOI10.1016/j.rmcr.2026.102430

PMCPMC13156990

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