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AJR 2003; 180:1265-1269
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Characterization of the Normal and Hyperplastic Thymus on Chemical-Shift MR Imaging

Koji Takahashi1, Tsutomu Inaoka, Noboru Murakami, Hatsune Hirota, Kunihiro Iwata, Kenichi Nagasawa, Tomonori Yamada, Masayuki Mineta and Tamio Aburano

1 All authors: Department of Radiology, Asahikawa Medical College, 2-1-1-1, Midorigaoka-higashi, Asahikawa, 0788510, Japan.

OBJECTIVE. We designed our study to prospectively assess a potential role for chemicalshift MR imaging in identifying a thymus that has not been completely replaced by fat tissue.

CONCLUSION. The thymic tissue revealed homogeneous decrease in intensity on opposed-phase MR images relative to that seen on in-phase images in 15 healthy volunteers and two patients with hyperplastic thymus. Chemical-shift MR imaging may be useful in identifying normal thymic tissue and the hyperplastic thymus in early adulthood.


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