THYMOLIPOMA: A BENIGN TUMOUR OF THE THYMUS GLAND

Thymolipoma: a benign tumour of the thymus gland.

Thymolipoma (or lipothymoma) is a benign tumour of the thymus gland consisting of fat and thymic tissue. The only symptoms it produces, if any, are the results of pressure on surrounding structures. It is not a common tumour. No example was found in the 67 thymic neoplasms studied by Thomson and Thackray (1957). Seventeen isolated reports have been found in the literature (Table I) and one more...

Carcinoid tumour of the thymus gland: report of a case.

CARCINOID OF THE THYMUS IS A RARE PROBLEM A case is reported to add to only 16 previously reported. None of these 17 patients had the carcinoid syndrome. Complete surgical excision, if possible, is the treatment of choice.

The Thymus Gland - ReadingSample

A Benign Spinal Tumour

A Case of Enlarged Thymus Gland

an abnormally large thymus gland in itself cannot be considered to be indicative of status thymicolymphaticus when no obvious cause of death is found at post mortem. On the other hand, Moncrieff (1938) has remarked that an enlarged thymus is not a common chance finding .in .the chests of infants who have been z-rayed for other conditions, of heart or lungs. Also a study of a number of healthy i...