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Table 1 Reported cases of thyroid Burkitt’s lymphomas

From: Usefulness of core needle biopsy for the diagnosis of thyroid Burkitt’s lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature

Authors (ref)

Age (y) Sex

Sites of involvement

Stage

Symptoms (S)

Diagnosis (D)

Follow-up (mo)

Outcome

Thieblemont [9]

46 M

Thyroid, cervical and mediastinal nodes, bone marrow, stomach

IV

S: asymptomatic

D: CNB

NA

NA

Iqbal [10]

6 M

Thyroid, right atrium, right ventricle, pericardium, abdominal masses, CNS

IV

S: thyroid enlargement, anorexia, weight loss, shortness of breath

D: biopsy of suprarenal mass

NA

Alive, CR

Ruggiero [11]

40 F

Thyroid, other sites

IV

S: obstructive symptoms

D: FNA + CNB

Died after 3 months

Kalinyak [12]

53 M

Thyroid, bone marrow

IV

S: obstructive symptoms

D: FNA + bone marrow

27

Alive, CR

Camera [13]

56 M

Thyroid, mediastinum, kidneys, right femur

IV

S: pathological fracture

D: FNA + open surgery

NA

Reduction of all lesions

Kandil [14]

60 F

Thyroid and cervical nodes

I

S: obstructive symptoms

D: FNA + incisional biopsy

NA

Succesfully treated after 1 cycle of CT

Yildiz [15]

31 M

Thyroid, cervical and jugulodigastric nodes

I

S: obstructive symptoms

D: open surgery

6

Alive, CR

Bongiovanni [16]

72 F

Thyroid, cervical nodes, liver and skeletal lesions

IV

S: fever

D: FNA + CNB

NA

NA

Mweempwa [17]

58 F

Thyroid

I

S: obstructive symptoms

D: FNA + CNB

4

Alive, CR

Albert [18]

16 M

Thyroid

I

S: obstructive symptoms

D: open surgery

NA

Alive, CR

Zhang [19]

8 M

Thyroid

I

S: obstructive symptoms

D: open surgery

48

Alive, CR

Cooper [20]

14 M

Thyroid, lung, kidney and pancreas

IV

S: malaise, lethargy, weight loss

D: FNA + OWB

36

Alive, CR

Alloui [21]

70 M

Thyroid

I

S: obstructive symptoms

D: CNB

Patient died of septic shock after 17 days

Quesada [22]

24 NA

Thyroid, cervical, aortcaval, preaortic, and paraortic nodes

III

S: obstructive symptoms 5/7

D: FNA 5/7 + either CNB 4/7, or open surgery 3/7

41

Alive, CR

28 NA

Thyroid and cervical nodes

I

361

Alive, CR

47 NA

Thyroid, cervical nodes, CNS

IV

25

Alive, CR

45 NA

Thyroid

I

12

Alive, PD

41 NA

Thyroid, cervical, pretracheal and retrocrural nodes, mediastinum, bone marrow

IV

113

Alive, CR

49 NA

Thyroid, cervical and iliac nodes

III

Died after 12 months

19 NA

Thyroid, cervical, jugulodigastric nodes, lumbar vertebrae

IV

Dieta after 23 months

Akshintala [23]

21 F

Thyroid and cervical nodes

I

S: obstructive symptoms

D: CNB + incisional biopsy

NA

Alive, CR

Moghaddasi [24]

47 F

Thyroid and cervical nodes

I

S: diplopia

D: incisional biopsy

Died after 30 days

Claudi [45]

56 F

Thyroid, liver

IV

S: obstructive symptoms

D: open surgery

NA

NA

  1. CNB is for core needle biopsy; CNS is for central nervous system; CR is for complete remission; FNA is for fine needle aspiration; NA is for not applicable; PD is for persistent disease; OWB is for open wedge biospy