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Thyroid Lymphoma

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Primary thyroidal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, although rare, is an important component of the differential diagnosis for thyroid nodules or malignancy, mainly because of the significantly different prognosis and treatment approach. Only about 2% of extranodal lymphomas arise as primary malignancies within the thyroid gland, and these represent no more than 5% of all thyroid malignancies (1). In a Danish epidemiological survey, the annual incidence rate was estimated as 2.1 per million persons, with a 4:1 female predominance (2). Most other retrospective series have confirmed this markedly higher frequency of disease in women (3–7). The mean and median ages at diagnosis are between 65 and 75 years, with a suggestion that women present at a significantly older age than men (2–7); like anaplastic carcinoma, presentation before age 40 is extremely rare.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Leonard Wartofsky MD, MPH, MACP (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard) (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard)

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  3. George Washington University of Schools of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Leonard Wartofsky MD, MPH, MACP (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard) (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard)

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Sherman, S.I. (2000). Thyroid Lymphoma. In: Wartofsky, L. (eds) Thyroid Cancer. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-199-2_40

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