Concurrent Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Primary Thyroid Lymphoma (Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma): the First Case Report
10.11106/ijt.2019.12.1.58
- Author:
Yeeun HAN
1
;
Yon Hee KIM
;
Hye Jeong KIM
;
In Ho CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea. s78170@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Primary thyroid lymphoma;
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma;
Medullary carcinoma
- MeSH:
Aged, 80 and over;
Carcinoma, Medullary;
Dyspnea;
Female;
Humans;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, B-Cell;
Neck;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroidectomy;
Ultrasonography
- From:International Journal of Thyroidology
2019;12(1):58-63
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cases of simultaneously occurring medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and lymphoma are extremely rare. An 84-year-old woman visited the hospital due to dyspnea, resulting from rapidly aggravated enlarged neck mass. Ultrasonography revealed two lesions in the thyroid and they were diagnosed as concurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma after total thyroidectomy. A few cases simultaneously diagnosed with MTC and systemic lymphoma have been reported. However, the coexistence of MTC and primary thyroid lymphoma is extremely rare.
