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Thymus and surgeon: an attractive and challenging gland
The thymus is a small gland sited in the anterior-superior mediastinum, approximately in the midline. It has an h-shape presenting two upper and two lower horns. It lies on the anterior surface of the pericardium starting from
The thymus: a small organ with a mighty big function
The thymus lies in the chest behind the breastbone and above the heart. Relatively large in infancy, it increases in size until puberty and thereafter shrinks to only a few grams in old age. It consists of
