title: Massive thymic hyperplasia in an adolescent.
abstract: Massive thymic hyperplasia (weight, greater than 100 gm) is a rare lesion in adolescents, and most of the anterior mediastinal masses are true neoplasms. We present a case of massive thymic hyperplasia, in which a 680-gm thymus was resected from a 15-year-old boy. We also present the computed tomographic scan appearance of this lesion, which differed from that previously described, and correlate the histological and radiological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 85724.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arliss
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scholes
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Messina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed