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Thymic calcifications in histiocytosis X

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We report a case of an infant with pulmonary histiocytosis X with punctate thymic calcifications on conventional CT without an anterior mediastinal mass.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Medical Center Boulevard, 27157-1088, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    T. E. Sumner, S. T. Auringer & A. A. Preston

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Sumner, T.E., Auringer, S.T. & Preston, A.A. Thymic calcifications in histiocytosis X. Pediatr Radiol 23, 204–205 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013834

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