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Abstract
A condition caused by an apical lung tumor (Pancoast tumor) with involvement of the nearby vertebral column and the BRACHIAL PLEXUS. Symptoms include pain in the shoulder and the arm, and atrophy of the hand.
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- Pancoast's Syndrome
- Pancoasts Syndrome
- Syndrome, Pancoast
- Syndrome, Pancoast's
- Pancoast Tumor
- Tumor, Pancoast
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
an apicocostovertebral syndrome
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History Note
2009 (1963)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pancoast Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010178. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010178
- Pancoast Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancoast_tumor
- Pancoast Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1750884