THYMUS GLAND MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS

[Malignant neoplasms of the thyroid gland].

1. This Statement of Principles is determined by the Repatriation Medical Authority under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act). Kind of injury, disease or death 2. (a) This Statement of Principles is about malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland and death from malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland. (b) For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, “malignant...

Primary malignant neoplasms of the lacrimal gland.

The clinical characteristics and outcome of 50 primary malignant neoplasms of the lacrimal gland are reviewed: 38 (76%) adenoid cystic carcinomas, six (12%) carcinomas arising in pleomorphic adenoma, and six (12%) adenocarcinomas or other types of carcinoma. Most patients presented with a short history and pain, though pain tended to occur less often and later with adenocarcinoma than with aden...

The Thymus Gland - ReadingSample

Malignant skin neoplasms.

Skin cancers may be derived from any part of the skin, and the classification of all variants is extensive. Overall they are the most common cancers of the body, and include those that are highly mortal and those that are associated with an increased morbidity. In this review the most common skin cancers confronted by the clinician and their management are discussed. New associations are highli...

Compensatory Hypertrophy of Thymus Gland

We recently have reported several studies concerning the marked stimulation of growth and regeneration that occurs in the thymus gland of rats, of any age, following double suprarenalectomy (1-3). We showed that, as the result of such a procedure, marked hyperplasia of the involuting thymus, with enlargement of the same, occurs with great constancy. In line with these studies, we undertook a se...