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Case Rep Neurol. 2012 Jan;4(1):43-6. doi: 10.1159/000335521. Epub 2012 Feb 03.

Post-Ganglionic Horner's Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Case reports in neurology

Lucilene Silva Ruiz E Resende, Rafael Dezen Gaiolla, Lígia Niéro-Melo, Maria Aparecida Custódio Domingues, Luiz Antônio de Lima Resende

Affiliations

  1. Hematology Service, Internal Medicine Department, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil.

PMID: 22611367 PMCID: PMC3355647 DOI: 10.1159/000335521

Abstract

In this paper, we present the rare case of a patient with cervical lymphadenopathy diagnosed as a T-cell-rich B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that manifested Horner's syndrome due to a post-ganglionic sympathetic neuron lesion caused by the tumor.

Keywords: Cervical lymphadenopathy; Horner's syndrome; Neoplasia; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Third-order neuron pathway

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