Open AccessMucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of the Thyroid Gland: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Evangelos Karvounis,
Ioannis Kappas,
Anna Angelousi,
GeorgiosMarios Makris,
Eva Kassi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000502204
Subject(s) - medicine , mucosa associated lymphoid tissue , thyroid , malignancy , lymphoma , systematic review , thyroiditis , malt lymphoma , incidence (geometry) , meta analysis , disease , pathology , cancer , thyroid cancer , gastroenterology , medline , physics , optics , political science , law
Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type of the thyroid gland is a rare indolent malignant disease encountered in approximately 0.5% of patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT). The purpose of the present systematic review was to accumulate the current evidence in the field.