RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gigantic enlargement of the thymus gland.
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1587
OP 1589
VO 28
IS 10
A1 Regal, Mohamed A.
YR 2007
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/28/10/1587.abstract
AB True massive thymic hyperplasia is a very rare entity, characterized by an increase in the size and weight of the thymus gland, without an apparent cause. Surgery has been required in patients with severe respiratory distress. We present an idiopathic true massive thymic hyperplasia in a 5-month-old boy.