The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 45, 220-222, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Massive thymic hyperplasia in an adolescent
J Arliss, J Scholes, PR Dickson and JJ Messina
Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 85724.
Massive thymic hyperplasia (weight, greater than 100 gm) is a rare lesion
in adolescents, and most of the anterior mediastinal masses are true
neoplasms. We present a case of massive thymic hyperplasia, in which a
680-gm thymus was resected from a 15-year-old boy. We also present the
computed tomographic scan appearance of this lesion, which differed from
that previously described, and correlate the histological and radiological
findings.