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Research Articles Issue 1 · 2019 · pp. 239–244 · Issue page

INTERRELATION OF THYMUS HYPERTROPHY – SEVERE PNEUMONIA IN A NEWBORN FROM THE TWIN PREGNANCY

RA
Ramona-Mihaela NEDELCUŢĂ1
GI
Gigi CĂLIN2
CO
Cosmin Alexandru CIORA3
VL
Vlad BĂLEANU4
DR
Dragos DAVIȚOIU5
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Pediatrics Department, 2 Petru Rares Str., 200349, Craiova
2 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Pediatrics Department, 2 Petru Rares Str., 200349, Craiova, Romania
3 “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
4 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
5 "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 29 March 2026
Available Online 15 March 2019
Abstract
THYMUS HYPERTROPHY IS AN ANATOMICAL-PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTITY THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE NEWBORN AGE. TWINNING PREDISPOSES TO "RISKS", PREMATURE BIRTH, LOW WEIGHT, INCREASED (SECONDARY) SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTIONS. WE HAVE CONDUCTED A STUDY OF TWO PAIRS OF UNIVITELINE TWINS THAT SHOW A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN THYMIC HYPERTROPHY AND THE SEVERE POTENTIAL EVOLUTION OF A NEWBORN PNEUMONIA, THE EXPLANATION BEING GIVEN BY ANATOMICAL FEATURES, MECHANICAL, INFECTIOUS FACTORS, AND POOR IMMUNE CAPITAL.
Keywords
THYMUS PNEUMONIA
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