All issues > Volume 31(11); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(11):1516-1521. Published online November 30, 1988.

A Case of Massive Thymic Hyperplasia.

Hye Kyung Bae¹, Jung Kyu Suh¹, Jae Seung Yang¹, Baek Keun Lim¹, Yeun Kee Kim², Chan Il Park³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
²Department of Chest Surgery, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
³Department of Pathology, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea

Received: March 11, 1988;  Accepted: June 25, 1988.

Abstract

We have experienced a case of massive thymic hyperplasia in 2 months old female with about 1 month’s history of upper respiratory tract infection and inspiratory stridor. The chest X-ray and chest CAT scan examination revealed superior mediastinal huge mass and so surgical resection and pathologic examination were perfermed because of clinical suspicion of pathologic mass. The pathologic finding of mass showed massive thymic hyperplasia. These case is reported with brief review of the literature.

Keywords :Massive Thymic Hyperplasia