A male patient with B-cell lymphoma was treated with chemotherapy and allogeneic bone marrow transplant, including preparatory total body irradiation. Ten years later, at age 15 years, the patient developed an autonomous thyroid nodule and an incidental papillary microcarcinoma. This is the first report of an autonomous thyroid nodule after total body irradiation for bone marrow transplant. The case is presented and the literature is reviewed.
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