Thymus absent

The absence of thymus is a clinical manifestation of congenital thymic hypoplasia. Congenital thymic hypoplasia is also called DiGeorge syndrome or the 3rd and 4th pair of pharyngeal sac syndrome. It is a congenital immune deficiency caused by abnormal development of the pharyngeal sac in the first to sixth pairs of embryos.

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