Preoperative Diagnosis of Primary Malt Lymphoma in Graves’ Disease

Di Cesare T, Morano C, Cilurso F, Neri T, Scarinci A, Misischi I, Taccogna S, Guglielmi R, Papini E and Liverani A

Department of General Surgery, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Italy
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Italy
Department of Pathology, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Italy

^*Correspondance to: Tatiana Di Cesare 

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Abstract

Rare case of MALT lymphoma in Graves’ disease with preoperative diagnosis through the use of ultrasound (US), Fine-Needle Aspiration Citology (FNAC) and Core-Needle Biopsy (CNB). US showed solid hypoechoic nodule in hyperfunctioning goiter. FNAC diagnosed autoimmune chronic thyroiditis (Bethesda II), and then US-guided CNB resulted in a diagnosis of Lymphoproliferative Parenchymal Disorder (LPD). Immunohistochemistry was the clue for diagnosis of MALT lymphoma. CNB should be used as method of choice for differential diagnosis of thyroid LPDs.

Keywords

Core-needle biopsy; Lymphoma; MALT, Graves’ disease; Thyroid surgery

Cite the article

Di Cesare T, Morano C, Cilurso F, Neri T, Scarinci A, Misischi I, et al. Preoperative Diagnosis of Primary Malt Lymphoma in Graves’ Disease. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2146.