Difference between revisions of "Thymus Neoplasia"

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::- involvement of lung unusual
 
::- involvement of lung unusual
  
===''Rhodococcus equi''===
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===''[[Rhodococcus equi]]''===
*pathogen of the equine lung (and intestine)
 
*cutaneous abscesses, cellulitis in young horses
 
*CELLULITIS = deep suppurative infection often dissecting through tissue planes
 

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()Map LYMPHORETICULAR & HAEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM (Map)
PRIMARY LYMPHOID SYSTEM



Anatomy & physiology

See here

Pathology

Tumours of the Thymus

  • Benign
- Thymoma (localised)
- predominantly epithelial
- predominantly lymphocytic
  • Malignant
- Thymic lymphosarcoma
- poorly encapsulated
- atrial and heart base infiltration
- infiltration beneath sternal pleura
- involvement of lung unusual

Rhodococcus equi