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Histopathology ; 29(5): 455-9, 1996 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8951491

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 favourable clinical stage of IE.


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Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/pathology , Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology , Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/pathology , Biomarkers/analysis , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect , Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte , Humans , Immunoenzyme Techniques , Immunophenotyping , Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/genetics , Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/immunology , Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics , Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology , Middle Aged , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/genetics , Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/immunology
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