A Case of Primary Thyroid Lymphoma Originated from Thyroid Gland.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2013.56.3.159
- Author:
Ho Joong LEE
1
;
Hyun Seok SHIM
;
Jin Pyeong KIM
;
Seung Hoon WOO
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. lesaby@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Combination chemotherapy;
Hashimoto thyroiditis;
Immunohistochemistry;
Lymphoma;
Thyroid
- MeSH:
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived;
Biopsy;
Cyclophosphamide;
Doxorubicin;
Drug Therapy, Combination;
Dyspnea;
Female;
Hashimoto Disease;
Humans;
Hypothyroidism;
Immunohistochemistry;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin;
Neck;
Prednisone;
Thyroid Gland;
Vincristine;
Rituximab
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2013;56(3):159-162
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We present a case of a 53-year-old woman with a rapidly growing neck mass. She had one-year history of hypothyroidism associatied with Hashimoto thyroiditis. She had noticed progressive dyspnea with rapid enlargement of the thyroid gland over a month. An incisional biopsy of the thyroid gland for combined pathology and immunohistochemistry revealed diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A combined chemotherapy including cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone plus rituximab (R-CHOP) was initiated, which dramatically shrunk the tumor and completely resolved the compression symptoms within a few days. Here we report on a case of thyroid lymphoma with a review of the relevant literature.
