title: Aberrant thymus in infants: sonographic evaluation.
abstract: We report five children with aberrant thymus, four of whom presented with an upper suprasternal mass and one with a lateral neck mass. Awareness of this entity, together with knowledge of its variable presentation, is essential for unnecessary surgery to be avoided. US should be the initial diagnostic approach and occasionally leads to the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Agia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koumanidou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vakaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theophanopoulou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koutrouvelis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Savvidou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pitsoulakis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kakavakis
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography