**Author details**

Ali Kouhi1 \* and Saeed Sohrabpour2

1 Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

\*Address all correspondence to: ali.kouhi@gmail.com

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*Congenital Anomalies of the Thymus*

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