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Pancoast Tumour
Fourteen years ago Pancoast (1932) described a superior pulmonary sulcus tumour characterized by an apical shadow, pain in the shoulder, pain referred down the arm, atrophy of muscles of the hand, Horner's syndrome and destruction of the first two or three ribs. These cases are of apical carcinoma but are of interest in view of the absence of pulmonary signs and symptoms in the early stages of ...
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The traditional treatment of Pancoast tumour with local approaches (surgery, radiotherapy or a combination of both) leads to a poor outcome due to the high rate of incomplete resection and the lack of systemic control. The aim of the present prospective feasibility study was to determine whether a trimodality approach improves local control and survival. Patients with stage IIB-IIIB Pancoast tu...
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A 60 year old male farmer presented with acute paraplegia, loss of sensations below the nipples and bowel-bladder incontinence since two days. On examination, Horner’s syndrome with ptosis, miosis and anhidrosis was noted on the left half of the face (Fig. 1). Small muscle wasting and ulnar clawing were noted in the left hand with diminished sensations suggesting a C8-T1 radiculopathy. There wa...
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We present an unusual case of cerebellar haemorrhage followed by tension pneumocephalus several days after thoracotomy for resection of a Pancoast tumour. The postoperative course of the 32-year-old patient was complicated by a cerebellar haemorrhage and hydrocephalus caused by compression of the fourth ventricle. Immediate surgical evacuation of the haemorrhage and placement of an external ven...
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Eleven patients with Pancoast tumor, who failed to yield diagnostic materials by conventional sputum cytology and fiberoptic bronchoscopy, were studied by real-time linear-array and sector ultrasonography. The sector scanner through the supraclavicular approach adequately visualized the external profile and the internal texture of the lesions in all 11 patients, which is a significant improveme...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006285