Life-threatening bleeding from thymic cysts in a newborn
- 1Children’s Hospital, Department of Neonatology, University of Cologne Cologne, Germany
- 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Ulm Ulm, Germany
- 3Children’s Hospital, Department of Neonatology, University of Cologne Cologne, Germany
- Frank Eifinger, Children’s Hospital, Department of Neonatology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann Strasse 9, D-50923 Cologne, Germany; Frank.Eifinger{at}uk-koeln.de
Figure 1 T2-weighted MRI of the thorax showing a large anterior mediastinal mass extending to the thoracic aperture and partially compressing
the heart. There are some hyperdense area within the mass, suspicious for bleeding. Pleural effusion is also present.
Thymic enlargement is a common physiological and incidental finding on chest x rays in healthy neonates and infants. There are usually no clinical symptoms or complications, and pathological lesions in infant thymi are rare. …
