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Acute airway obstruction due to primary thyroid lymphoma
1Northwick Park Hospital, ENT Department, Harrow, London, U.K.
Revue De Laryngologie - Otologie - Rhinologie
|January 1, 1996
Summary
A rare primary thyroid lymphoma caused severe breathing difficulty (inspiratory stridor) in a 71-year-old woman. This case is unusual due to the absence of Hashimoto
Area of Science:
- Endocrinology
- Oncology
- Pathology
Background:
- Primary thyroid lymphoma is a rare malignancy.
- Thyroid lymphomas can present with compressive symptoms, including stridor.
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a known risk factor for thyroid lymphoma, but its absence does not exclude the diagnosis.