The thymus in infancy and childhood. Embryologic, anatomic, and pathologic considerations.
Developmental anatomy and developmental and acquired disorders of the thymus are presented with an emphasis on those disorders that are relevant to infancy and childhood. Presented also is an attempt to correlate functional anatomy and pathologic and clinical findings.
Lele
S M
SM
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. slele2@pop.uky.edu
Lele
M S
MS
Anderson
V M
VM
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013934:Thymectomy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology