[Radiological diagnosis and differential diagnosis of diseases of the thymus in children (author's transl)].
Basing on observations of her own the author is presenting some diagnostic problems concerned with the differentiation of mediastinum in children. The material includes one case of thymic cyst in an infant and 4 cases of hyperplasias of the thymus. Hyperplasias of of the thymus were found in 4 brothers. In 3 cases the hyperplastic thymus markedly increased in size. The clinical findings did not coincide in all cases with the radiological picture.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics
Zur Röntgendiagnostik und Differentialdiagnose der Thymuserkrankungen im Kindesalter.