Open AccessPancoast's Syndrome due to Metastatic Carcinoma from the Stomach
Author(s) -
Takahide Kodama,
Hiroaki Satoh,
Shinsuke Homma,
Kiyohisa Sekizawa
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2003/452741
Subject(s) - medicine , stomach , biopsy , percutaneous biopsy , metastatic carcinoma , radiology , percutaneous , carcinoma , general surgery , pathology
We describe here a case of Pancoast's syndrome due to metastatic carcinoma from the stomach. Although obtaining a tissue diagnosis is often difficult with apical lesions, transbronchial or percutaneous needle biopsy is the procedure of choice since a certain number of these cases are potentially curable
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