title: Massive true thymic hyperplasia.
abstract: A case of massive true thymic hyperplasia in a child of eleven months is described. This rare disorder must be included in the differential diagnosis of a mediastinal mass in children. Diagnosis and management are discussed and the relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woywodt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verhaart
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiss
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed