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Case Report

A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child

Mona Mlika1 Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia;2 Research Unit UR12SP16, Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis El Manar, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Walid Gattoufi1 Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia;2 Research Unit UR12SP16, Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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Hazem Zribi2 Research Unit UR12SP16, Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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Emna Braham1 Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia;2 Research Unit UR12SP16, Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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Adel Marghli2 Research Unit UR12SP16, Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
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Faouzi El Mezni1 Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia;2 Research Unit UR12SP16, Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
Pages 215-218 | Published online: 25 Sep 2015

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