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Case Reports
. 2016 May 17:2016:bcr2016215285.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-215285.

Thymic hyperplasia and its spontaneous resolution with treatment of Graves' hyperthyroidism

Monisha Shanmugasundaram  1 , Laks Varadhan  2 , Mahesh V R Katreddy  1 , Ananth U Nayak  3
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Thymic hyperplasia and its spontaneous resolution with treatment of Graves' hyperthyroidism

Monisha Shanmugasundaram et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Initial CT scan of the neck demonstrating thymic hyperplasia.
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Significant reduction in size of thymus after treatment of Graves' disease.
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    1. Murakami M, Hosoi Y, Negishi T et al. . Thymic hyperplasia in patients with Graves’ disease: identification of thyrotropin receptors in human thymus. J Clin Invest 1996;98:2228–34. doi:10.1172/JCI119032 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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