203例小儿胸腺的病理学观察

Histopathology of the Thymus in Childhood Report of 203 Cases

对203例小儿尸检胸腺的病理组织学进行了观察,根据其形态改变,分为基本正常组及退化组(轻、中、重度)。前者51例(25.12%),后者152例(74.88%).对胸腺退化的各种基本形态改变进行了描述,并对其与主要疾病的关系,作了探讨.结果表明,营养不良、恶性肿瘤患者,胸腺退化最为严重,全身感染次之,缺氧性疾患最轻.

This paper reports the histopathologic observations on thymus in 203 cases of the necropsy in childhood.The results suggested that 51(25.12%) of the cases was normal in general 152(74.88%) showed various changes of involution.The mor-phologic pathology of the thymic involutions are described,and the relationship between thymic changes and the main disorders are discussed.The results showed that the most serious were thymic involution in the cases of malnutritions and malignant tumors,secondly in systemic infec- tions,and the lightest in the anoxic diseases.