Case report: transient thymic calcification--association with rebound enlargement.
Thymic calcification is usually associated with a thymic neoplasm. A case is reported in which transient calcification preceded rebound thymic enlargement related to chemotherapy, in an otherwise normal thymus.
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Department of Radiology, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Rondebosch, South Africa.
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed