1.Primary thyroid lymphoma.
Claudine Ann Musngi-Paras ; Ansarie P. Salpin ; Januario D. Veloso
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2012;27(1):38-40
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
Human
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Male
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Female
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Aged 80 and over
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Aged
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Middle Aged
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Adult
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THYROID GLAND
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ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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LYMPHOMA
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LYMPHOMA, B-CELL
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NEOPLASM
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NEOPLASMS BY HISTOLOGIC TYPE
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BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE