Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue thyroid lymphoma: a rare thyroid neoplasm of extrathyroid origin

Primary thyroid lymphoma is a rare malignancy, representing 2-8% of all thyroid malignancies and 1-2% of all extranodal lymphomas. The majority of cases concern non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma of B cell origin, following by Hodgkin’s disease, T cell lymphomas and rarely marginal zone B-cell mucosa-associated...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Hadjidakis, Sotirios A. Raptis, George Dimitriadis, Dimitrios Lapatsanis, Melpomeni Peppa, Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, Penelope Korkolopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/3192

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