Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Caused by Hodgkin’s Lymphoma - Case Report

Marcelo José da Silva de Magalhães MD, André Luís Santos Freire, Camila Fonseca Souza, Caroline Figueiredo Fernandes, Cindy Miranda Alves, Clara Magalhães Prates Cruz and Daniel Paiva Galvão
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Marcelo José da Silva de Magalhães MD: Neurosurgeon, neurosurgery department, Vila da Serra Hospital, Nova Lima-Minas Gerais, Brazil
Daniel Paiva Galvão: Medicine student, Faculdades Unidas do Norte de Minas (FUNORTE), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2018, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: The neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a term used to describe symptoms of neurovascular compression in the cervical and superior thoracic regions. TOS presents a variety of etiologies, whether benign or malignant, idiopathic or secondary to a primary disease. Imaging exams play an important role in diagnosis and treatment consists of surgical intervention or conservative management. The authors show the case of a young 30 years old woman who presented a tumor in the left supraclavicular fossa region and upper limb irradiated pain ipsilateral to the lesion, compatible with TOS. Cervical region computed tomography scan has revealed numerous nodular lesions with a well-defined contour adjacent to the brachial plexus. The patient underwent surgery and the biopsy result revealed Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (LH). Therefore, this work discuss the TOS caused by LH in the supraclavicular fossa region, its consequences, as well as the diagnostic investigation and the surgical treatment.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2018.07.555701

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