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A case of thymoma arising from undescended thymus

High uptake of Thallium-201 Chloride

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We present an unusual case of a cervical thymoma arising from an undescended thymus, which showed a remarkable accumulation of Thallium-201 Chloride on scintigraphy.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Teruo Fukuda, Michinao Itami, Hisashi Sawa, Takashi Furukawa, Shunichi Fukakusa, Nobuaki Tsuchihashi & Hirotake Kakehi

  2. Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Yuji Takahashi, Yoshihide Fujimoto & Hiroshi Futonaka

  3. Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Tamiko Takemura

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  1. Teruo Fukuda
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Fukuda, T., Itami, M., Sawa, H. et al. A case of thymoma arising from undescended thymus. Eur J Nucl Med 5, 465–468 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261793

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