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Tumor-like (Nonneoplastic) Conditions of the Thymus and/or Mediastinum

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Book cover The Thymus

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Abstract

The pathology of nonneoplastic conditions of the thymus and/or mediastinum includes thymic and mediastinal or cervical cysts as well as the various forms of thymic hyperplasia (see Sect. 7.4), giant lymph node hyperplasia [angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia or Castleman–s disease (Castleman et al. 1956; Rosai and Levine 1976; Otto 1984)], inflammatory tumor-like conditions [granulomatous or sclerosing mediastinitis (Marchev-sky 1990)], endocrine lesions, and neurogenic and mesenchymal tumors and tumor-like conditions.

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Walter, E., Willich, E., Hofmann, W.J., Otto, H.F., Webb, W.R., de Geer, G. (1992). Tumor-like (Nonneoplastic) Conditions of the Thymus and/or Mediastinum. In: Walter, E., Willich, E., Webb, W.R. (eds) The Thymus. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84192-7_9

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