Malignant thymoma. A complicated triad of SVC syndrome, cardiac tamponade, and DIC

H R Dib; B Friedman; H I Khouli; D R Gerber; R L Weiss

doi:10.1378/chest.105.3.941

Malignant thymoma. A complicated triad of SVC syndrome, cardiac tamponade, and DIC

Chest. 1994 Mar;105(3):941-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.105.3.941.

Authors

H R Dib¹, B Friedman, H I Khouli, D R Gerber, R L Weiss

Affiliation

¹ Cooper Hospital University Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine at Camden, NJ.

PMID: 8131570
DOI: 10.1378/chest.105.3.941

Abstract

A patient presented with multisystem disease due to a very aggressive malignant thymoma. The case was complicated by the triad of cardiac tamponade, superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). A review of the English literature reveals this to be a unique constellation of clinical symptoms and that DIC was heretofore unreported.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / epidemiology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology*
Humans
Male
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / etiology*
Thymoma / complications*
Thymoma / epidemiology
Thymus Neoplasms / complications*
Thymus Neoplasms / epidemiology