Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the thyroid in a woman with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis.

Autor: Shah, Nilay C., Dewoolkar, V. V., Patel, Keyuri D.
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Zdroj: ANZ Journal of Surgery; Nov2004, Vol. 74 Issue 11, p1026-1028, 3p
Abstrakt: Examines mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the thyroid in a woman with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. Occurrence of MALT lymphomas in a number of sites, mucosal and non-mucosal; Demonstration that most MALT lymphomas are of B-cell lineage through immunohistological studies; Analysis of the case of a 64-year woman with a solitary painless multinodular thyroid swelling in the neck increasing in size over two months.
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