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Tuberculosis of thymus--a case report.

Prabhu AD, Ismail ET, Rajendran S, Thomas J, Kallath M, Vellachamy KA, Vettath MP

MIMS Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kozhikode, Kerala 673016, India.

Tuberculosis rarely figures in the list of thymic masses. We hereby report a case of thymic tuberculosis successfully managed with surgical excision and antituberculouschemotherapy.

Published 10 June 2008 in Heart Lung Circ, 17(4): 345-6.
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