Honing M L, Seldenrijk C A, de Maat C E
Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands.
Neth J Med. 1998 Feb;52(2):75-8. doi: 10.1016/s0300-2977(97)00085-5.
A 71-year-old woman presented with a rapidly growing goitre which was diagnosed as chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. Despite treatment with levothyroxine, she developed progressive airway obstruction. Biopsy revealed a primary thyroid lymphoma which was successfully treated with radiotherapy.