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UNUSUAL THYROID TUMOURS- ANAPLASTIC CANCER AND LYMPHOMA- A REPORT OF TWO CASES

MANBHA L.RYMBAI LAMARE

Abstract


rapid growth and compressive symptoms
is arare clinical scenario. Primary thyroid
lymphoma is a rare cause of a rapidly
enlarging thyroid swellingbut has a good
prognosis. Anaplastic carcinoma of the
thyroid, another cause of a rapidly
enlargingthyroid swelling has a disease
specific mortality approaching 100 percent.
The approach to theserapidly
enlarging thyroid lesions would include a
CT Neck and Thorax followed by histopathologicaldiagnosis
and then either
surgery, chemotherapy or chemoradiation.
We compare and contrast thesetwo
entities with two cases who presented to
us with a similar clinical presentation


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