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Preferred term

Pancoast Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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. A lung tumor located in the superior pulmonary sulcus.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Pancoast's Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Syndrome apico-costo-vertébral
  • Syndrome de Pancoast
  • Syndrome de Pancoast et Tobias
  • Syndrome douloureux apico-costo-vertébral

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BR9WT836-F

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