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Terme préférentiel

Thymus Hyperplasia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • Enlargement of the thymus. A condition described in the late 1940's and 1950's as pathological thymic hypertrophy was status thymolymphaticus and was treated with radiotherapy. Unnecessary removal of the thymus was also practiced. It later became apparent that the thymus undergoes normal physiological hypertrophy, reaching a maximum at puberty and involuting thereafter. The concept of status thymolymphaticus has been abandoned. Thymus hyperplasia is present in two thirds of all patients with myasthenia gravis. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992; Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1486)

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • Hyperplasia of Thymus Gland
  • Thymic Hyperplasia

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BQB32NW0-T

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 25/06/2010