A Case of Malignant Lymphoma of the Thyroid Gland.
- Author:
Seung Tae KIM
1
;
Seok Jin PARK
;
Sung Woon HONG
;
Yoon Koo KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Malignant lymphoma;
Thyroid gland
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Drug Therapy, Combination;
Dyspnea;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Humans;
Lymphoma*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Thyroid Gland*;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroiditis;
Tracheostomy
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1998;41(1):104-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Malignant lymphoma of the thyroid gland is extremely rare and its relatedness to Hashimoto's thyroiditis is well documented. Thyroid lymphoma frequently compromises the upper aerodigestive tract and should be differenciated from the anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Also, thyroid lymphoma is known to often recur in the gastrointestinal tract. Recently we have experienced a case of B cell immunoblastic type, non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma of the thyroid gland in a 61 year-old male patient. The case presented a rapidly growing mass with dyspnea at the anterior neck, and an open biopsy with tracheostomy was carried out. The patient received a combination chemotherapy and a partial remission was observed.
