Pancoast tumor overview

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Overview

A pancoast tumor, also pancoast tumour (UK) or superior sulcus tumor, is a tumor of the pulmonary apex i.e. a type of lung cancer defined primarily by its location situated at the top end of either the right or left lung.

The growing tumor can cause compression of a brachiocephalic vein, subclavian artery, phrenic nerve, recurrent laryngeal nerve, or, characteristically, compression of a sympathetic ganglion resulting in a range of symptoms known as Horner's syndrome.

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