Primary Malignant Hemangiopericytoma Presenting As a Pancoast Tumor
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A 61-year-old male was admitted to Başkent University Hospital with right shoulder pain, weight loss, and dyspeptic symptoms. His chest roentgenogram showed a mass-like shadow of about 7 cm in diameter in the right upper lung area (Fig. 1). Subsequent computed tomograph (CT) revealed a large tumor with multiple metastases spread in the lung paranchimal tissue but no metastases in the mediastinal lymphatic glands. Our patient clinically presented ptosis of the right eye. All other examinations yielded normal results.
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