Onkológia 3/2008

NODULE GOITRE AS THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA/B-CLL: FROM THYROID GLAND DISEASE TO BLOOD DISORDER – CASE REPORT

Thyroid gland is a rare localization of non-Hodgkin‘s lymphoma (NHL). In extranodal localization, it can be classified as primary extranodal NHL, which has been arised in the tissue, or a secondary extranodal NHL, a metastasis to the tissue. We describe a case of 72-year old female with autoimmune thyroiditis, who underwent thyreoidectomy due to the suspicion of follicular form of papilary thyroid carcinoma. Subsequently, the exact revision of primary histopathological findings was done. This led to the correct diagnosis of thyroid gland infiltration by small lymphocytic lymphoma/B-cell CLL (B-NHL/CLL).

Keywords: thyroid gland, carcinoma, lymphoma, Hashimoto‘s thyroiditis