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==Benign thymus with stress== | ==Benign thymus with stress== | ||
:See also: [[Talk:Congenital_heart_disease#Septectomy]]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
The section shows thymus with normal cortical and medullary development. The corticomedullary junction is well demarcated; however, there is an increase in histiocytes within the cortex and focal degenerative changes of thymic corpuscles. There is no depletion of cortical lymphocytes. | |||
===Final diagnosis=== | ===Final diagnosis=== | ||
Thymus, incidental thymectomy: | Thymus, incidental thymectomy: | ||
<br>- Architecturally normal thymus with mild | <br>- Architecturally normal thymus with mild physiologic stress effects. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 10 February 2011
Benign thymus with stress
- See also: Talk:Congenital_heart_disease#Septectomy.
Microscopic
The section shows thymus with normal cortical and medullary development. The corticomedullary junction is well demarcated; however, there is an increase in histiocytes within the cortex and focal degenerative changes of thymic corpuscles. There is no depletion of cortical lymphocytes.
Final diagnosis
Thymus, incidental thymectomy:
- Architecturally normal thymus with mild physiologic stress effects.