title: Cytotoxic T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the thyroid gland.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nantan General Hospital, Yagi, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Namura
authors.forename: Hitoji
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kajita
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004249:DNA Damage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; C076751:TIAL1 protein, human