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Can opiates or a thyroid condition cause your thymus gland to be slightly large? and is a 0.8cm-1.7cm an alarmingly large thymus gland?
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No: Not opiates. Some people with graves' disease may have enlarged thymuses.
Answered 9/16/2012
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Negative: The conditions that affect the thymus are thymomas and myasthenia gravis.
Answered 7/16/2013
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