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I had a cat scan for enlarged lymph nodes my report says some residual/reactive thymus what does that mean?
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Residual thymus: The thymus gland, located within the anterior mediastinum of the chest, normally involutes, or shrinks, with age. By the age of 50, only about 15% of people have any thymic tissue visible on CT. So at your age, this is likely a normal finding.
Answered 11/29/2016
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