Pancoast Tumor (cont.)
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Shabir Bhimji, MD
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Sarah K May, MD
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Winston W Tan, MD
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Mary L Windle, PharmD
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Shreekanth V Karwande, MBBS
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Synonyms and KeywordsPancoast tumor, Pancoast syndrome, Pancoast’s syndrome, Pancoast’s tumor, superior pulmonary sulcus tumor, superior sulcus tumor, sulcus tumor, apical lung tumor, apical pleuropulmonary groove neoplasm, mediastinal lymph nodes, Horner’s syndrome, Horner syndrome, shoulder pain, smoking, tobacco, asbestos exposure, second-hand smoke, secondary smoke exposure, atelectasis, preoperative radiation, lung resection, squamous cell carcinoma, SCC, cancer, cancerous tumor, malignant tumor, lung cancer, apical cancer, thoracic tumor, thoracic mass, chest wall tumor, apical chest wall tumor, bronchogenic carcinoma, large cell carcinomas, LCC, lung cancer, cancer of the lung Next Page: Viewer Comments & ReviewsPancoast Tumor - SymptomsThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:What were your symptoms of pancoast tumor? |
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In 1932, Pancoast defined a superior pulmonary sulcus tumor as a mass growing at the thoracic inlet that produces a constant and characteristic clinical presentation of pain in an eighth cervical or first and second thoracic trunk distribution.
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