Thymolipoma: a benign tumour of the thymus gland.
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چکیده
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 is presented here.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1960