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. 2020 Oct;9(5):1827–1837. doi: 10.21037/gs-20-432

Table 2. Prevalence and clinicopathological distribution of primary thyroid lymphomas.

Parameters Asian studies Western studies
Prevalence of PTL 2% of thyroid malignancies and 0.4% all lymphomas (11,12) 2.3–3.5% of thyroid malignancies and 2.1–2.6% of all lymphomas (27,28,30,34,35)
Histological subtypes (%)
   MALT lymphoma 41.10 12.40
   DLBCL 32.90 66.00
   Mixed lymphomas (MALT lymphoma /FL with DLBCL) 4.40 5.90
   FL 1 7.90
   CLL 2.50
   BL 0.20
   MCL 0.05
   Plasmacytoma 0.30 0.80
   HL 1.90
   NHL-HG 2.80 0.75
   NHL-IG 11.50
   NHL-LG 3.80 0.70
   B-NHL 0.10 0.60
   PTLL 0.10
   PTCL NOS 0.30 0.20
   NK/T 0.10
   ALCL 1.70
Stage at presentation (%)
   I 45.70 57.50
   II 51.30 30.30
   III 0.90 2.80
   IV 2.10 9.40

PTL, Primary thyroid lymphoma; MALT, Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; FL, follicular lymphoma; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; BL, Burkitt lymphoma; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; NHL, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; HG, high grade; IG, intermediate grade; LG, low grade; PTLL, primary T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma; PTCL NOS, primary T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified; NK/T, NK/T cell lymphoma; ALCL, anaplastic large cell lymphoma.