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ea0037ep847 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2015

Primary thyroid lymphoma: a heterogeneous disease and presentation of two different cases

Triantafillou Eleni , Papadakis Georgios , Keramidas Ioannis , Moustakas Konstantinos , Tsakonas Georgios , Manitarou Paraskevi , Drosou Aspasia , Tzaida Olympia , Tertipi Athanasia , Tzaves Ioannis , Megalakaki Aikaterini , Pappas Anastasios

Background: Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is a rare thyroid malignancy. Nevertheless, it frequently presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. We describe two patients with PTL with different clinical presentation/clinical picture and outcome.Patients and methods: Two female patients underwent total thyroidectomy, the first, a 67-year-old female patient, because of nodular goitre and the second, a 79-year-old female patient, because of a large, pai...