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. 1968 Sep;21(5):661–667. doi: 10.1136/jcp.21.5.661

Plasmacytoma of the thyroid

J R S More 1,2,3,4, D W Dawson 1,2,3,4, A J Ralston 1,2,3,4, Isla Craig 1,2,3,4
PMCID: PMC473890  PMID: 5754880

Abstract

Three cases of plasmacytoma of the thyroid are described and their clinical and histological features recorded. Two were considered to be true extramedullary plasmacytomas, the third the initial manifestation of a disseminated myelomatous process. Plasmacytomas of the thyroid are shown to have many features in common with malignant lymphomas in this site, including an association with Hashimoto thyroiditis in more than half the reported cases. No certain method of assessing the prognosis in any individual case has yet been described.

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