title: [Morphological changes in the human thymus in cancer].
abstract: Morphohistochemical and morphometric assays of the thymus from 40 persons, died as a result of cancer of various localizations, demonstrated a reliable diminishing in size of Hassell's corpuscles, the constant presence of blast thymocytes, an increased  content of PAS-positive cells, reticuloepithelial dystrophy. Under lymphogenic metastasization and adrenal metastases the thymus may also increase its bulk. Some alternative changes in the thymus when involved by metastases are described.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009929:Organ Size; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary
vernacular_title: Morfologicheskie izmeneniia timusa cheloveka pri rake.