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Thymic tuberculosis: a case report.

T A Simmers1, C Jie, M C Sie.   

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the thymus is an extremely rare diagnosis, only three cases having been reported in the literature to date. Clinical, roentgenographic and histopathological findings are presented in a 29-year-old woman. The patient underwent sternotomy for a mediastinal mass suspected to be a thymoma, which was histopathologically diagnosed as thymic tuberculosis.

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Year:  1997        PMID: 9286146     DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2977(97)00036-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Neth J Med        ISSN: 0300-2977            Impact factor:   1.422


  2 in total

1.  Maintenance of peripheral T cell responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Authors:  William W Reiley; Susan T Wittmer; Lynn M Ryan; Sheri M Eaton; Laura Haynes; Gary M Winslow; David L Woodland
Journal:  J Immunol       Date:  2012-10-01       Impact factor: 5.422

2.  Clinicopathological Characteristics of Thymic Tuberculosis- A Rare Entity.

Authors:  Keerthi Ramachandran Pillai; Meenu Prakash; Muktha Ramesh Pai
Journal:  J Clin Diagn Res       Date:  2016-09-01
  2 in total

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