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Should asymptomatic enlarged thymus glands be resected?

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1 Should asymptomatic enlarged thymus glands be resected?
Smit Singla, MD, MRCS (Edinburgh), MSc, Leslie A. Litzky, MD, Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS, Joseph B. Shrager, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 140, Issue 5, Pages (November 2010) DOI: /j.jtcvs Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 A, Normal thymus in a 26-year-old patient. B, Normal thymus in a 50-year-old patient. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 A, Diffusely enlarged thymus in a 37-year-old patient. B, Diffusely enlarged thymus in a 50-year-old patient. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Discrete thymus mass in a 74-year-old patient.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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