Thyroid lymphoma: a rare tumor requiring combined management

Luca Foppiani, Vincenzo Secondo, Anselmo Arlandini, Paolo Quilici, Manlio Cabria, Patrizia Del Monte

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Thyroid lymphoma is a rare disease which occurs mainly in elderly females. Most patients with thyroid lymphoma have Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis (CLT), suggesting a role of chronic antigen stimulation in the development of the disease. We present two cases of thyroid Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) diagnosed after surgery …