title: Gross, histomorphological and histochemical changes in the thyroid gland of goat with age. III. Occurrence of thymic tissue.
abstract: The observations on the thyroid glands from 26 goats aged between 20 days and about 5 years revealed the presence of thymic tissue embedded within or in close vicinity of thyroid in 26.9% of the animals, generally occurring in association with parathyroid tissue (23.08%) and only occasionaly (3.84%) alone. Different forms of the thymic tissue associated to thyroid and variations in their histomorphology and PAS reaction in relation to age has been observed and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002828:Choristoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006041:Goats; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*