Should asymptomatic enlarged thymus glands be resected?

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Should asymptomatic enlarged thymus glands be resected? Smit Singla, MD, MRCS (Edinburgh), MSc, Leslie A. Litzky, MD, Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS, Joseph B. Shrager, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 140, Issue 5, Pages 977-983 (November 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.005 Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 A, Normal thymus in a 26-year-old patient. B, Normal thymus in a 50-year-old patient. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 977-983DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.005) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 A, Diffusely enlarged thymus in a 37-year-old patient. B, Diffusely enlarged thymus in a 50-year-old patient. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 977-983DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.005) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Discrete thymus mass in a 74-year-old patient. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 977-983DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.005) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions