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Cytotoxic T‐cell non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma of the thyroid gland
Author(s) -
Okamoto Akio,
Namura Kyoko,
Uchiyama Hitoji,
Kajita Yoshihiro,
Inaba Tohru,
Nakamura Shigeo,
Shimazaki Chihiro
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.20393
Subject(s) - medicine , cytotoxic t cell , thyroid , lymphoma , autoimmune thyroiditis , pathology , thyroiditis , oncology , in vitro , biology , biochemistry
An 86‐year‐old female was diagnosed with peripheral T‐cell lymphoma, unspecified, which affected only her thyroid gland. Lymphoma cells were TIA‐1 + , suggesting cytotoxic T‐cell origin. She had not suffered from autoimmune thyroiditis and showed normal thyroid function. Without any specific therapies, the lymphomatous lesion showed the partial spontaneous regression before diagnostic hemithyroidectomy, and she had been well for 2 years without relapse. This is the first case of primary thyroid lymphoma of cytotoxic T‐cell origin that showed spontaneous regression. Am. J. Hematol. 80:77–78, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.