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Diagnostic Imaging of the Normal Thymus

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The Thymus

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Abstract

The thymus is by far the most frequent cause of an enlarged mediastinal shadow in newborns and infants. It varies enormously in size and shape (Fig. 5.1) and in general is well differentiated on chest radiographs up to the 2nd year of age or beyond.

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  1. Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Radiologische Klinik der Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Straße 3, W-7400, Tübingen, Germany

    Eberhard Walter

  2. Abteilung für Pädiatrische Radiologie, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg —Kinderklinik—, Im Neuenheimer Feld 153, W-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Eberhard Willich

  3. Department of Radiology, University of California, Medical Center, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    W. Richard Webb M.D.

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Willich, E., Walter, E., Webb, W.R., de Geer, G. (1992). Diagnostic Imaging of the Normal Thymus. In: Walter, E., Willich, E., Webb, W.R. (eds) The Thymus. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84192-7_5

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