Thymic hyperplasia in a patient with Grave's disease

Hyperplastic changes of the thymus may be found in patients with Graves' disease. However, this rarely presents as an anterior mediastinal mass, particularly among adults. In this report, we describe a 46-year old woman with Graves' disease and thymic hyperplasia.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hamzaoui, Amira A, Klii, Rim R, Salem, Randa R, Kochtali, Ines I, Golli, Mondher M, Mahjoub, Silvia S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22321290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-5-6
Descripción
Sumario:Hyperplastic changes of the thymus may be found in patients with Graves' disease. However, this rarely presents as an anterior mediastinal mass, particularly among adults. In this report, we describe a 46-year old woman with Graves' disease and thymic hyperplasia.

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