Primary lymphoma of the thyroid

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Primary lymphoma of the thyroid – diagnostic and treatment problems”. Authors are Kolodziej-Jaskula A, Krawczyk M, Mykala-Ciesla J et al, from the Klinika Chorob Wewnetrznych i Chemioterapii Onkologicznej Sl AM w Katowicach, Poland. They present the case of primary malignant thyroid lymphoma and problems with distinguishing between Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and primary thyroid lymphoma. Primary malignant thyroid lymphoma (PMTL) is a rare disease and difficult to diagnose. The biopsy is useful but often only surgical treatment allows to establish diagnosis. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.