Nodular thymic lymphoid follicular hyperplasia mimicking thymoma

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Nakagawa, Motoo ^a   Hara, Masaki ^a   Itoh, Masato ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinum; Thymic lymphoid follicular hyperplasia; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANTERIOR MEDIASTINUM; THYMIC LYMPHOID FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349129270     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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