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  • Title: T-cell lymphoma mimicking schwannoma of a cervical nerve root.
    Author: Wachter D, Tschischka S, Huegens-Penzel M, Kuchelmeister K, Bohle RM, Böker DK, Nestler U.
    Journal: Neurosurg Rev; 2009 Jan; 32(1):117-21; discussion 121. PubMed ID: 18810514.
    Abstract:
    T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which shows preponderance for young men. Most common symptoms are painless swelling of lymph nodes, accompanied by B symptoms and large mediastinal masses. Most often, an involvement of the nervous system is due to paraneoplastic symptoms or side effects of treatment. In a literature research, we could not find a case with affection of a cervical nerve root as the first symptom for T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. A 39-year-old man presented with right-sided C8 radiculopathy, including pareses and paresthesia. Since the magnetic resonance image disclosed a right-sided mass lesion in the region of the neuroforamen C8, compressing the corresponding nerve root, a schwannoma was suspected. The tumor was removed using a dorsal approach. Neuropathological examination revealed the diagnosis of T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. The patient underwent diagnostic staging and received further treatment. He experienced a very grim course and succumbed to his disease 12 months after surgery. T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma is a rare disease, and tropism of lymphoma cells to neural structures is seldom encountered. However, the presence of radiculopathy, together with signs, referring to B symptoms, should prompt the physician to consider this coincidence in the differential diagnosis of schwannoma.
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