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The patient presented diffuse smooth swelling of the right lobe of the thyroid.
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Local examination revealed diffuse smooth swelling of the right lobe of the thyroid which was firm in consistency (Figure 1).
Histopathology slide showing atypical lymphoid cells, which originate within the marginal zone of the lymphoid follicles.
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Histopathological examination of the specimen was suggestive of extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (Figure 2).
Immunohistochemistry slide.
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CD45 positivity in all atypical lymphocytes and centrocyte-like cells (Figure 3).