Solitary cervical lymphoma presenting as a neurofibroma.
A patient is described who presented with cervical cord compression. The imaging and operative findings were typical of a neurofibroma of the right third cervical root. However, histological studies confirmed that the tumour was a B-cell lymphoma. Isolated spinal lymphomas can therefore occur and may present as nerve sheath tumours.
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Department of Clinical Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Powell
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D000368:Aged; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots