Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as median nerve compression in the arm.
A 70-year-old woman presented with median nerve compression secondary to enlarged supratrochlear lymph nodes infiltrated with malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Peripheral nerve compression is rarely seen in this condition. The management and prognosis are discussed.
Desta
K
K
Welsh Regional Centre for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow, UK.
O'Shaughnessy
M
M
Milling
M A
MA
D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010146:Pain; D010292:Paresthesia