Thymic Abscess: Unusual Cause of Fever in a Child

Thymic abscess and bacteremia caused by methicillin‐susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a child

“…A third case was recently reported in a 4-year-old boy with fever and mild chest pain for 1 month, and the patient had purulent fluid drained from a thymic abscess via ultrasound-guided aspiration, however an organism was not identified. 9 The patient we presented did not have any identified structural anomaly, such as a cyst, and an immunological work-up was negative.…”

“…Interestingly, this patient developed a non‐T‐cell lymphoma about 1 year after the abscess was discovered, possibly implying that there was already an underlying immunosuppressive state. A third case was recently reported in a 4‐year‐old boy with fever and mild chest pain for 1 month, and the patient had purulent fluid drained from a thymic abscess via ultrasound‐guided aspiration, however an organism was not identified 9 . The patient we presented did not have any identified structural anomaly, such as a cyst, and an immunological work‐up was negative.…”