Anatomy
Life Course
Takin' Her Out
Indications for Surgical Intervention
100
# of lobes of thymus
What is "two"?
100
immunosenescence
What do we call age-related changes of the immune system?
100
Condition resulting from deletion of region of chromosome 22
What is DiGeorge syndrome?
100
Mass effect.
What are most common clinical presentation of thymic tumors?
200
Pharyngeal pouch where thymus originates
What is third?
200
Involution
What is the reduction in size of the organ and replacement of tissue by fat?
200
complete failure of T-cell production
What is removal of thymus at birth?
200
superior vena cava syndrome
What is it called when the SVC is unable to properly drain into the heart?
300
Location of immature T-cells.
What is the cortex?
300
Puberty
When does involution begin?
300
Taking out the thymus.
What is a thymectomy?
300
More aggressive thymic tumor.
What is a thymic carcinoma?
400
The number of _______ affects the stain intensity.
What is number of T-cells?
400
Progenitor cells that differentiate into mature T lymphocytes.
What are thymocytes?
400
Taking out the thymus through breast bone.
What is a transternal thymectomy?
400
% of patients with thymomas with symptoms consistent with MG
What is 50%?
500
The part that stains dark
What is the cortex?
500
With involution, ___ thins and ___ increases.
What are cortex and medulla, respectively?
500
Consequences of thymectomy in adult.
What is no or little effect?
500
Symptoms mediated by hormones or cytokines excreted by tumor cells
What is paraneoplastic syndromes?
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