Thymectomy for treatment of myasthenia gravis was performed in 7 of our patients in the absence of roentgenologic evidence of a mediastinal lesion (Table 1). All 7 were women thirty-five years of ...

Difference between Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Thymoma is a tumour of the thymus, an organ that is part of the lymphatic system and is located in the chest, behind the breastbone. It may or may ...

A 57-year-old female nonsmoker presented with cough and left-sided chest pain.She underwent a chest radiograph and CT scan. Chest CT suggested several possible differential diagnostic ...

Once the patient's condition was stabilized, contrast-enhanced computed tomography was performed and showed a normal aorta with no evidence of hematoma (Figure 3). The thymus accounted for the ...

A mediastinal biopsy was done and showed histologic features of adenocarcinoma. Endoscopy, colonoscopy, abdominopelvicsonography and imaging studies were negative for primary origin.

BRONCHOGENIC cysts of the mediastinum represent less than 5 per cent of all mediastinal masses in children and may cause respiratory distress in the infant. 1 Failure to make the correct diagnosis ...

Octodon degus (the degu) has two anatomically separate thymus glands, a cervical thymus (CT) and a mediastinal thymus (MT). Antigen binding cells taken from the two thymic components of fetal and ...

Twelve cases of carcinoid tumors of the thymus were reviewed in terms of clinicopathologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical features and DNA ploidy patterns. The collective consisted of ...

Thymus cancer is an uncommon form of cancer. The thymus is a small organ that is located just behind the breast bone (sternum) in the front part of the mediastinum, the space in the chest between ...

Thirty-five of 99 patients were primarily CHT-resistant, and 64 responded: 23 achieved complete response (CR) and 41 achieved response with residual mediastinal abnormality. Seventy-seven percent of ...

The thymus (orange in this illustration) is an immune system organ that sits between the lungs, right in front of and above the heart. This gland might be more important for adult health than ...

In rats of this age, mediastinal lymph nodes are occasionally difficult to distinguish from part of the thymus. One or more of these nodes is usually found on each side of the thymus and is ...