Scientific Unit for Clinical and Medical Research, Osijek University Hospital
Abstract
Opisan je slučaj primarnog malignog limfoma štitnjače, udruženog sa kroničnim limfocitarnim tireoiditisom, koji se odlikovao brzim tokom i diseminacijom procesa. Citološki je postavljena sumnja na maligni proces, dok je točna dijagnoza dokazana patohistološkim pregledom ekstirpirane štitnjače. Uz osvrt na literaturu, ukazano je na bitne kliničke, dijagnostičke, terapeutske i prognostičke odlike tumora.A case of primary lymphoma of the thyroid gland, associated with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is presented. The lymphoma was characterized by rapid progression and dissemination into the gastrointestinal tract. The cytological finding (by fine needle aspiration biopsy) was suspect malignant and the exact diagnosis was provided by pathohistological examination of the tissue, obtained by surgical extirpation of the thyroid. The essential clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic characteristics of the tumor are pointed to, with a review of references
