Primary thyroid lymphoma.
- Author:
Claudine Ann Musngi-Paras
1
;
Ansarie P. Salpin
1
;
Januario D. Veloso
1
,
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Human; Male; Female; Aged 80 and over; Aged; Middle Aged; Adult; THYROID GLAND; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; NEOPLASM; NEOPLASMS BY HISTOLOGIC TYPE; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE
- From: Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2012;27(1):38-40
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
- Abstract: pEight cases of primary thyroid lymphoma were reported in a tertiary government hospital from January 2005 to August 2011. All patients presented with a diffuse enlargement of both thyroid lobes with associated obstructive symptoms. Five of these cases were extranodal marginal zone lymphoma and three were diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Clinical features that would favor a thyroid lymphoma include tumor size of greater than 7 cm, obstructive symptoms, clinical hypothyroidism or history of Hashimoto thyroiditis. Thus, these features must be considered in evaluating thyroid nodules during fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Histologically, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma shows vaguely nodular to diffuse infiltrates of small to intermediate size atypical lymphoid cells infiltrating the thyroid follicles while diffuse large B-cell lymphoma shows sheets of large atypical lymphoid cells infiltrating the thyroid follicular epithelium./p
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