Abstract
Thymomegaly, which was in the past considered as predisposition to sudden death infants, is judged today as paraphysiological. The study achieved on a 10 months' patient shows the complexity in determining the diagnosis of simple thymic hyperplasia, when together with a massive thymus enlargement are conditions which divert to other pathologies, as in this tested clinical case.
MeSH terms
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Cortisone / administration & dosage
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Cortisone / therapeutic use
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Humans
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Infant
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Lung / diagnostic imaging
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Male
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Radionuclide Imaging
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Sudden Infant Death / etiology
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Thymus Hyperplasia / complications
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Thymus Hyperplasia / diagnosis*
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Thymus Hyperplasia / drug therapy
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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gamma-Globulins / administration & dosage
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gamma-Globulins / therapeutic use
Substances
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gamma-Globulins
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Cortisone