title: [Thymic hyperplasia. Description of a clinical case].
abstract: Thymomegaly, which was in the past considered as predisposition to sudden death infants, is judged today as paraphysiological. The study achieved on a 10 months' patient shows the complexity in determining the diagnosis of simple thymic hyperplasia, when together with a massive thymus enlargement are conditions which divert to other pathologies, as in this tested clinical case.
authors.affiliation: I Clinica Pediatrica, Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita di Torino.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crua
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agriesti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Defilippi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bona
mesh_terms: D003348:Cortisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005719:gamma-Globulins; D003348:Cortisone