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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999;16:674-676
© 1999 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Spontaneous hemorrhage of thymus and thymoma in adults

^a Unit of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
^b Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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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.

Key Words: Spontaneous hemhorrage • Thymus