Unusually large thymus showing involution - a case report

The most superficial structure in the superior mediastinum, the thymus, usually continues to grow up to the age of 5-6yrs and progressively involutes thereafter. It hardly weighs more than 10 gms in an adult. During routine dissection of a cadaver in the Anatomy Department, Government Medical Colleg...

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Main Authors: Rosemol Xaviour, V K Girijamony, B Sheela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:National Journal of Clinical Anatomy
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Online Access:http://www.njca.info/article.asp?issn=2277-4025;year=2013;volume=2;issue=4;spage=215;epage=217;aulast=Xaviour