Primary thyroid lymphoma
Halit Ziya Dündar, Pınar Sarkut, Türkay Kirdak, Nusret Korun
Depatment of General Surgery, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
Abstract
Primary thyroid lymphoma is an uncommon thyroid malignancy. The treatment modalities significantly differ from other thyroid malignancies. Frequently it is accompanied by Hashimoto thyroiditis, and it may be difficult to differentiate the two entities histologically. Patients typically present with suddenly growing mass in the thyroid gland. Discrimination between primary and secondary lymphoma is important due to variations in diagnostic tools, treatment modalities and prognosis. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or combinations of these modalities may be applied in treatment. In this report, three cases with primary thyroid lymphoma in which three different treatment modalities have been applied are presented.
Keywords: Thyroid, primary, lymphoma, thyroidectomy
Written informed consent was obtained from patients/ who participated in this case.
Externally peer-reviewed.
Concept - H.Z.D., T.K., P.S.; Design - H.Z.D., T.K.; Supervision - T.K., N.K.; Data Collection and/or Processing - H.Z.D., P.S.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - H.Z.D., P.S., T.K., N.K.; Literature Review - H.Z.D.; Writer - H.Z.D., T.K.; Critical Review - T.K., N.K.
No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.