title: Aggressive primary thyroid non Hodgkin's lymphoma with pregnancy.
abstract: We present here a multigravida patient who presented with a huge neck swelling, severe respiratory distress together with dysphagia and hoarseness of voice while she was pregnant +/- 30 weeks of gestation. She was diagnosed as an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the thyroid gland. She was treated by 6 cycles of chemotherapy, with dramatic response after receiving the first cycle. She had 3 cycles of 4 chemotherapeutic agents before successful, elective and scheduled induction of labor at 36 weeks of gestation with favorable outcomes.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternity and Children Hospital, Buraidah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. khaled_b_s@yahoo.com
authors: Khaled B
authors: KB
authors: Soliman
authors: Mohamed M
authors: MM
authors: Abbas
authors: Mahmoud A
authors: MA
authors: Seksaka
authors: Sherief
authors: S
authors: Wafa
authors: Ahmed S
authors: AS
authors: Balah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000188:drug therapy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone