Aggressive primary thyroid non Hodgkin's lymphoma with pregnancy.
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.
Soliman
Khaled B
KB
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternity and Children Hospital, Buraidah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. khaled_b_s@yahoo.com
Abbas
Mohamed M
MM
Seksaka
Mahmoud A
MA
Wafa
Sherief
S
Balah
Ahmed S
AS
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
D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone