CTICasesTransient Thymic Calcification
Imaging findings
A 10-year-old patient who had suffered severe burns presented with a small, high-attenuation structure in the mediastinum. Imaging confirmed this as transient calcification within an atrophied, stressed thymus.
Key takeaways
Transient thymic calcification is a rare, likely benign finding that may occur in the setting of severe stress, such as significant burns or systemic illness, and subsequent thymic involution.
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