Hodgkin's Disease of the Thyroid
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A case of 68 years old Japanese male was reported who was clinically diagnosed senile psychopathy and was found visceral Hodgkin's disease by autopsy. The disease involved thyroid, right kidney, spleen and lymph nodes. The brain showed no macroscopic and microscopic changes except simple atrophy. Generally, diffuse involvement of thyroid was rare condition. In this case, severe degree of diffuse fibrosis with scattered Hodgkin's cells was seen in the thyroid. It was suggested that senile psychopathy could be related to the diffuse involvement of Hodgkin's disease of the thyroid.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009