Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma masquerading as Riedel's thyroiditis

Kenneth Stuart Young; Harriet A Cunniffe; Zahabia Ali; Ramez Nassif

doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-247097

Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma masquerading as Riedel's thyroiditis

BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Feb 28;15(2):e247097. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247097.

Authors

Kenneth Stuart Young¹, Harriet A Cunniffe², Zahabia Ali³, Ramez Nassif²

Affiliations

¹ Ear Nose and Throat Department, Castle Hill Hospital, Health Education England Yorkshire and Humber, Leeds, UK kenneth.young2@nhs.net.
² Ear Nose and Throat Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK.
³ Department of Pathology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK.

Abstract

We present the case of a 38-year-old woman with a progressively tender swelling of the thyroid gland, who was treated as Riedel's thyroiditis based on two fine needle aspirations and a core biopsy. She was later found, on partial thyroidectomy, to have nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Keywords: ear; malignant and benign haematology; nose and throat; thyroid disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hashimoto Disease* / diagnosis
Hodgkin Disease* / diagnosis
Hodgkin Disease* / pathology
Humans
Thyroidectomy
Thyroiditis* / pathology
Thyroiditis* / surgery