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Intrathymic lymph nodes in humans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2001

A. TANEGASHIMA ,
I. USHIYAMA ,
Y. KIKUI  and
H. YAMAMOTO
A. TANEGASHIMA
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
I. USHIYAMA
Affiliation:
Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Y. KIKUI
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
H. YAMAMOTO
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
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Abstract

An unusual lymph node exists in the centre of the human thymus. This lymph node, which we call an intrathymic lymph node (ITLN), possesses some interesting morphological characteristics. In ontogeny, this node seems to appear at the latter half of fetal period. The function of the ITLN is still unknown, but it is assumed that it may play a different role in the immune system than other peripheral lymph nodes by its characteristics.

Keywords

Lymphatic systemthymus
Type
Short Report
Information
The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 198 , Issue 4 , April 2001 , pp. 491 - 495
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2001

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