Central nervous system lymphoma in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome and autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis)

Kinikli G., Erten S., Tanju S., Savas A., Kaygusuz G.

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.26, no.8, pp.1377-1379, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10067-006-0401-4
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1377-1379
  • Keywords: autoimmune thyroiditis, CNS lymphoma, Sjogren's syndrome, MALIGNANT-LYMPHOMA, CELL LYMPHOMA
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We present a case of central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) overlap. A 60-year-old woman, who had the diagnosis of SS for 16 years, had been admitted for visual loss, fever, weight and appetite loss for 3 months. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging was in accordance with CNS lymphoma, and biopsy from right parietal region showed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the CNS. This is the first report of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the CNS in SS and autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) overlap.