Imaging of the pediatric thymus: Clinicoradiologic approach

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World J Clin Pediatr. Feb 8, 2017; 6(1): 10-23
Published online Feb 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i1.10

Table 1 Significance of imaging the thymus in various clinical settings

Clinical setting	Possible imaging finding(s)
Myasthenia gravis	Thymoma
Myasthenia gravis	Thymic hyperplasia
Suspected immunodeficiency disorder	Thymic hypoplasia
Suspected immunodeficiency disorder	Thymic aplasia
Incidental detection while imaging for other causes	Thymic cyst
	Thymic hyperplasia
	Lymphangioma
	Vascular malformation
	Castleman’s disease
	Thymolipoma
Fever evaluation	Lymphoma
Fever evaluation	Abscess
Detected during evaluation of other multisystem disorders	Lymphoma
Detected during evaluation of other multisystem disorders	Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Citation: Manchanda S, Bhalla AS, Jana M, Gupta AK. Imaging of the pediatric thymus: Clinicoradiologic approach. World J Clin Pediatr 2017; 6(1): 10-23
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2808/full/v6/i1/10.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5409/wjcp.v6.i1.10