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==Benign thymus with stress==
==Benign thymus with stress==
:See also: [[Talk:Congenital_heart_disease#Septectomy]].
===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Sections show thymus with normal cortical and medullary development. While the corticomedullary junction is well demarcated, there is mild cortical lymphocyte depletion and an increase in histiocytes within the cortex.
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 to moderate physiologic stress effects.
<br>- Architecturally normal thymus with mild physiologic stress effects.