Plasma cell granuloma of the thyroid

We report two cases of thyroidal plasma cell granuloma. Both patients underwent surgical resection after presenting with painless neck swelling. Histopathologic examination of the specimens revealed plasmacytes infiltrating the thyroid parenchyma and immunohistochemical studies showed the polyclonal...

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Published in:APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica, 2008-02, Vol.116 (2), p.167-172
Main Author: DENIZ, KEMAL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Endocrinopathies
Female
Granuloma, Plasma Cell - pathology
Granuloma, Plasma Cell - surgery
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Medical sciences
Plasma cell granuloma
thyroid
Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery
Thyroid. Thyroid axis (diseases)
Thyroidectomy
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Summary:We report two cases of thyroidal plasma cell granuloma. Both patients underwent surgical resection after presenting with painless neck swelling. Histopathologic examination of the specimens revealed plasmacytes infiltrating the thyroid parenchyma and immunohistochemical studies showed the polyclonal nature of the plasma cells. Plasma cell granuloma is a benign lesion and its appearance in the thyroid gland is extremely rare. Eleven prior cases with thyroid localization have been reported to date in the English literature. Nine of the plasma cell granuloma cases occurred in women, four in men (including the present cases). The clinicopathologic features and diagnostic difficulties of this rare entity are described, and its relation to inflammatory pseudotumor of other sites is discussed with a review of the literature.
ISSN:0903-4641
1600-0463
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00827.x