## Abstract This study reviews 21 cases of thyroid lymphoma diagnosed between 1969 and 1980. The thyroid gland was the primary site in all but two cases. The 20 patients with nonβHodgkin lymphoma had a mean age of 66 years, 75% were women, and all were Caucasian. A rapidly growing thyroid mass with
Malignant lymphoma of the thyroid gland
β Scribed by Luis Souhami; W.John Simpson; John S. Carruthers
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 611 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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