Cytotoxic T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the thyroid gland.
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.
Okamoto
Akio
A
Department of Medicine, Nantan General Hospital, Yagi, Japan.
Namura
Kyoko
K
Uchiyama
Hitoji
H
Kajita
Yoshihiro
Y
Inaba
Tohru
T
Nakamura
Shigeo
S
Shimazaki
Chihiro
C
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
D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; C076751:TIAL1 protein, human