A 55-year-old male presented with an initial manifestation of primary adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism. Computed tomography scans showed enlarged bilateral adrenal glands and thyroid. A pathological diagnosis of diffuse large cell, B cell lymphoma was made by a needle biopsy of the adrenal gland. He was treated with combination chemotherapy and adrenal and thyroid hormone replacement. The lymphoma subsequently involved the central nervous system. He died of pneumonia 8 months after the presentation of the first symptom. The postmortem examination demonstrated a complete regression of lymphoma in the bilateral adrenal glands and thyroid. This is an extremely rare case of coexistent lymphoma of the adrenal glands and the thyroid presenting with adrenal failure and hypothyroidism.
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