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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Mar;202(3):471–478. doi: 10.2214/AJR.13.11210

TABLE 4.

CT Attenuation of Thymic Hyperplasia on Contrast-Enhanced Chest CT

Attenuation Measurement Total(n = 16) True Hyperplasia (n = 9) Lymphoid Hyperplasia
(n = 6)

Median (first quartile, third quartile)a 40.4 (9.2, 48.5) 31.4 (1.7, 40.6) 47.9 (47.3, 54.6)
Mean (SD) 33.3 (23.9) 23.7 (24.8) 47.6 (14.4)

Note—Data are Hounsfield units.

a

p = 0.03.