It holds your heart and its large vessels, your trachea or windpipe, your esophagus, your thymus gland, and some of your lymph nodes. This surgical procedure can help your doctor look for and ...

Your surgeon makes a cut down the middle of the chest to remove the whole of the thymus gland. They may also remove part of nearby organs such as the: lymph nodes lungs layer of tissue covering the ...

The lymphatic system is an important part of the body’s immune defence and consists of lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels and organs such as the spleen and thymus. It helps in the removal of toxins ...