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Thymic Rest
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Alazraki Adina,  Milla Sarah

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: CR-013

Ectopic thymic tissue may be found in the neck in up to 20% of the general population. Intrathyroidal thymic rest has been described as a rare entity, present in as many as 1% of children. The course of thymic migration parallels the thyroid and parathyroid glands, which explains their similar ectopic locations. While the natural history of these lesions has not been well studied, it is likely that there is involution of thymic rests with age. A few individual case reports have described the imaging features of intrathryoidal thymic rests confirmed by histopathology and flow cytometry. The aim of this case series is to raise awareness of the characteristic sonographic appearance of this entity to the radiology community. Read More

Authors:  Alazraki Adina , Milla Sarah

Keywords:  Thymic rest, TiRAD, Thyroid