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Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the thyroid with concomitant papillary carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2014

Shaakir Hasan  and
Aruna Turaka
Shaakir Hasan
Affiliation:
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Aruna Turaka*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
*
Correspondence to: Aruna Turaka, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. Tel: 215 728 3022. Fax: 215 214 1629. E-mail: aruna.turaka@fccc.edu
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Abstract

Objective

Papillary thyroid carcinoma combined with thyroid mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is exceedingly rare and there is no standard management.

Case report

We report a rare association of MALT lymphoma of thyroid in a 60-year-old woman with Hashimoto's thyroiditis along with an incidental focus of papillary carcinoma.

Conclusion

Patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis are prone to develop other thyroid pathology, including rare tumours such as MALT lymphoma. The differential diagnosis for a neoplasm in such patients should be wide.

Keywords

MALTpapillary carcinomaradiation therapythyroid lymphoma

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Type
Case Study
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Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 490 - 492
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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