Di Marino V, Argème M, Brunet C, Coppens R, Bonnoit J
Surg Radiol Anat. 1987;9(1):51-62. doi: 10.1007/BF02116854.
The dissection of 48 cadaveric specimens has been compared with operative findings for a review of the shape, size and site of this gland in the adult. The structure of the thymic compartment and the relations of the thymus, particularly with the vessels of the superior mediastinum and the base of the neck, were studied. The relative positions of the inferior parathyroid glands and the thymus were identified, with respect to the influence of this topography on the surgery of these glands. The arterial suply to the thymus, which is still very abundant in the adult, presupposes a functional organ whose physiologic involution is slow.
对48具尸体标本进行解剖，并与手术结果进行比较，以回顾该腺体在成人中的形状、大小和位置。研究了胸腺隔室的结构以及胸腺的关系，特别是与上纵隔血管和颈部根部的关系。确定了下甲状旁腺与胸腺的相对位置，并探讨了这种局部解剖结构对这些腺体手术的影响。胸腺的动脉供应在成人中仍然非常丰富，这意味着它是一个功能器官，其生理退化过程缓慢。
