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==Benign thymus with stress==
==Benign thymus with stress==
===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.


===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 to moderate physiologic stress effects.

Revision as of 19:12, 14 January 2011

Benign thymus with stress

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.

Final diagnosis

Thymus, incidental thymectomy:
- Architecturally normal thymus with mild to moderate physiologic stress effects.