Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma developing in ectopic mediastinal thyroid tissue: a case report

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma developing in ectopic mediastinal thyroid tissue: a case report

Abstract Background Normally located in the neck, ectopic mediastinal thyroid tissue consists of very rare ectopic thyroid tissue that does not connect to the thyroid gland. A patient with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma that has developed in mediastinal thyroid tissue, to our best...

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Main Authors: Naotaka Uchida, Manabu Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Ectopic mediastinal thyroid
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma
Chronic thyroiditis
Mediastinal mass
Serum levels of interleukin-2 receptor
Immunoglobulin heavy chain class switch recombination
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00857-2

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