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=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
Location: | |||
*Anterior [[mediastinum]]. | |||
Anatomically in contact with: | |||
*Pericardium. | |||
*Medistinal pleural. | |||
General: | |||
*Important for development of the immune system. | |||
*Thymus involutes after childhood. | *Thymus involutes after childhood. | ||
*May be absent due to genetic abnormalities, e.g. [[DiGeorge syndrome]]. | |||
*May be absent due to genetic abnormalities, e.g. | |||
==Normal histology== | ==Normal histology== | ||
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**Round eosinophilic thingy. | **Round eosinophilic thingy. | ||
**Thought to arise from medullary epithelial cells (see ''cell types'').<ref name=Ref_PBoD706>{{Ref PBoD|706}}</ref> | **Thought to arise from medullary epithelial cells (see ''cell types'').<ref name=Ref_PBoD706>{{Ref PBoD|706}}</ref> | ||
Note: | |||
*The thymus may contain within it [[parathyroid]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD706>{{Ref PBoD|706}}</ref> | |||
===Cell types=== | ===Cell types=== | ||