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Pancoast Syndrome

Known as: Pancoast Syndrome [Disease/Finding], Syndrome, Pancoast's, Pancoast's syndrome 
A rare neoplastic syndrome characterized by obstruction of the thoracic outlet leading to compression of the brachial plexus and vessels within. It… 
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1996
1996
SummaryInterstitial laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) is a recently developed, minimally invasive technique for local tumour… 
1993
1993
Abstract Patients presenting with shoulder and arm pain can be a diagnostic challenge to the attending chiropractor. Although… 
1985
1985
A series of 38 patients with Pancoast syndrome treated by means of stereotactic mesencephalic tractotomy (SMT) is presented. The… 
1985
1985
The incidence of the Pancoast syndrome ranges from 2 to 5% of patients with lung cancer. We treated 20 cases between 1979 and… 
1984
1984
A patient with an apical lung tumour invading the brachial plexus (Pancoast's tumour) suffered from unbearable pain unmodified by… 
1984
1984
A 74-year-old patient developed IgG multiple myeloma. 7 months later a right Pancoast's syndrome was observed. Computerized… 
1984
1984
  • S. Rong
  • 1984
  • Corpus ID: 12030411
The Pancoast syndrome, caused by pulmonary carcinoma and other tumors in the thoracic outlet, includes a mass at the lung apex… 
1982
1982
  • S. Rockoff
  • 1982
  • Corpus ID: 7596529
In his original description of pulmonary sulcus tumors in i 932, Pancoast [i ] defined the symptom complex that now bears his… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
A 72-year-old Caucasian man was admitted complaining of increasing left shoulder pain and stiffness of nine months' duration. He… 
1971
1971
Symptoms of the Pancoast syndrome appeared in a 45-year-old woman 18 months after apparently successful treatment of stage III…