Thread: should I have a thymectomy?
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Old 05-29-2012, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Stellatum View Post
I thought thymic hyperplasia was something the CT-scan could reveal.

Abby
Some relatively recent research is showing that you can have micro-hyperplasia... that is small areas inside the thymus are hyperplastic but the thymus mass doesn't show itself as being hyperplastic. I don't know if this can be located via CT scan or not.

http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/co...3/847.full.pdf

Brian
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