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Eberhard Walter
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Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Radiologische Klinik der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Eberhard Willich
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Abteilung für Pädiatrische Radiologie, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg —Kinderklinik—, Heidelberg, Germany
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W. Richard Webb
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Department of Radiology, University of California, Medical Center, San Francisco, USA
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Until the middle of the present century, the morphology and function of the thymus were primarily of interest to those working in the fields of pathologic anatomy, endo crinology, and pediatrics. However, during recent decades careful and refined histo logic studies of the organ have expanded our knowledge. It now seems certain that the thymus plays a central role in the immune system, and some of the substances pro duced by this organ are considered together under the collective term of "thymic hor mones". In clinical medicine (in particular endocrinology and pediatrics, as well as surgery and radiologic oncology), the startling advances that have taken place in radiologic diagnostics with the advent of new imaging procedures such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have provided fresh impetus in the search for effec tive treatments for hyperplasia, tumors, and tumor-like changes of the thymus. Normal variants of the thymus, which lies concealed within the anterior superior mediastinum, have been recorded, and pathologic changes such as primary or secondary tumors can now be analyzed and correctly diagnosed.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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- W. J. Hofmann, H. F. Otto
Pages 5-13
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- E. Walter, E. Willich, W. R. Webb, G. de Geer
Pages 23-34
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- E. Willich, E. Walter, W. R. Webb, G. de Geer
Pages 35-55
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- E. Willich, E. Walter, H. F. Otto, W. J. Hofmann
Pages 63-108
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- E. Walter, E. Willich, W. J. Hofmann, H. F. Otto, W. R. Webb, G. de Geer
Pages 109-193
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- E. Walter, E. Willich, W. J. Hofmann, H. F. Otto, W. R. Webb, G. de Geer
Pages 195-204
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- H. Wiethölter, E. Willich, E. Walter
Pages 209-215
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Back Matter
Pages 217-226
Editors and Affiliations
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Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Radiologische Klinik der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Eberhard Walter
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Abteilung für Pädiatrische Radiologie, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg —Kinderklinik—, Heidelberg, Germany
Eberhard Willich
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Department of Radiology, University of California, Medical Center, San Francisco, USA
W. Richard Webb