SOME ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF THE THYMUS GLAND

Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Endocrine Aspects

Purpose. To compare the hormone levels of patients with seborrheic meibomian gland dysfunction with controls. Procedures. This is a retrospective case-control study involving 50 patients and 50 controls. Blood workup for hormones was studied in both groups by using macroELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). Statistical evaluation was done by using SPSS 15.0 independent samples t-test. Resu...

The endocrine thymus.

The mediastinal, lympho-epithelial organ was termed thymus to denote a ductless, gland-like body which has the appearance of a "warty excrescence" (Greek, thymos). Early investigators had ascribed a functional role to this gland including the production of humoral factors which modulated cell growth, maturation and exerted influence on the process of mineralization. Investigators of the past de...

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Gigantic enlargement of the thymus gland.

True massive thymic hyperplasia is a very rare entity, characterized by an increase in the size and weight of the thymus gland, without an apparent cause. Surgery has been required in patients with severe respiratory distress. We present an idiopathic true massive thymic hyperplasia in a 5-month-old boy.