The natural history of malignant thyroid lymphomas.
Twelve patients with malignant thyroid lymphomas seen over a 12-year period were reviewed. Two of these patients developed intra-abdominal lymphoma and a third, adult coeliac disease. Treatment by radiotherapy and thyroxine was effective, with thyroid excision mainly reserved for obstructing lesions. Prognosis was not affected by local metastases. A plea is made for open thyroid biopsy and accurate clinical staging of patients with this disease.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy