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. 2021 Nov 19;100(46):e27942. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027942

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Examples of the thymic vein and thymic lesion. (A) A computed tomography (CT) of a 70-year-old man. The maximum short axis of the thymic vein is 3.4 mm. The major axis of the mediastinal mass is 43 mm. Following an extended thymectomy, the patient was diagnosed with thymic carcinoma. (B) A CT of a 70-year-old woman. The maximum short axis of the thymic vein is 1.7 mm. The major axis of the mediastinal mass is 59 mm. Following a thymectomy, she was diagnosed with thymoma. (C) A CT of a 70-year-old man. The maximum short axis of the thymic vein is 1.1 mm. The major axis of the mediastinal mass is 70 mm. Following a thymectomy, he was diagnosed with thymic cyst.