Thymic Cavernous Hemangioma: An Incidental Finding during CABG in A Seventy-Year-Old Woman (A case report)

A 70-year-old woman underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) due to coro- nary heart disease in our center. Intraoperatively, the thymic gland seemed bulky and appeared to contain blood clots, giving the impression of a hemorrhagic cyst of the gland. The lesion consisted of variously-sized blood-filled channels with flat lining and ex- tensive fresh and old hemorrhage as well as organized thrombus formations. The rem- nants of the thymus gland in the periphery could also be seen. There being no evidence of malignancy in this vascular tumor, a diagnosis of thymic cavernous hemangioma was made. The operation was uneventful, and the patient was soon discharged from the hospital in good clinical condition.