PMID: 8951491Nov 1, 1996Paper

T-cell lymphoma in Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Histopathology
Z H Abdul-RahmanC J Finlayson

Abstract

An elderly Caucasian woman with a 2-year-history of hypothyroidism, treated with thyroxine, presented with a rapidly growing mass in the thyroid. The morphological and immunological features of this thyroid tumour were those of a peripheral T-cell lymphoma with an immunophenotype commonly associated with HTLV-1 positive-adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma, although serology for HTLV1 antibody was negative. Monoclonal gene rearrangements were demonstrated with T-cell receptor beta- and gamma-specific primers. There are several interesting features in this case (i): although primary B-cell lymphomas (MALT-associated lymphomas) of thyroid are a well-recognized sequel to thyroiditis, primary T-cell lymphomas are rare, even in areas of the world where adult T-cell lymphomas predominate; (ii) the tumour showed the typical immunophenotype of an HTLV-1 positive T-cell lymphoma but the patient is English, has not visited endemic areas, and is serologically negative for HTLV-1; (iii) the residual thyroid gland showed a florid lymphocytic thyroiditis with Hürthle cell change, typical of Hashimoto's thyroiditis; (iv) unlike other reports of thyroid T-cell lymphoma, which have presented with stage III-IV disease, this tumour presented in the fa...Continue Reading

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