PEDIATRICS Vol. 88 No. 2 August 1991, pp. 328-331
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Normal Thymus Simulating Pericardial Disease: Diagnostic Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

LEONARD M. LINDE MD1, BARRY MARCUS MD2, and ERIC PADUA MD3

1 University of Southern California School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
2 Dept of Pediatrics (Cardiology), University of Southern California School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
3 University of Southern California School of Medicine, Dept of Radiology, Chidrens Hospital of Los Angeles

Normal enlargement of the thymus in infancy can often lead to erroneous clinical suspicion of cardiomegaly. Roentgenographic differentiation is not always definitive but echocardiography is generally effective in differentiating cardiac pathology from an enlarged thymus. In this patient, magnetic resonance imaging was necessary to differentiate benign thymic hyperplasia from pericardial or mediastinal pathology. Thymic involution with a severe neonatal illness, followed by thymic rebound, which later subsided, added to the interest and initial confusion in this patient.

Submitted on September 6, 1990
Accepted on October 19, 1990