Painful shoulder and scapula as initial presentation of advanced lung adenocarcinoma | Zendy

CabreraCardozo Fernando | Zendy; MartínezÁvila María Cristina | Zendy; HernándezBlanquisett Abraham | Zendy; QuinteroCarreño Valeria | Zendy; ÁlvarezLondoño Angelina | Zendy

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Painful shoulder and scapula as initial presentation of advanced lung adenocarcinoma

Author(s) -

CabreraCardozo Fernando,

MartínezÁvila María Cristina,

HernándezBlanquisett Abraham,

QuinteroCarreño Valeria,

ÁlvarezLondoño Angelina

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6415

Subject(s) - medicine , scapula , asymptomatic , adenocarcinoma , malignancy , presentation (obstetrics) , lung cancer , pleural effusion , lung , surgery , radiology , cancer , pathology

Lung adenocarcinoma is a common cancer; even though it has a strong association with previous smoking, there has been described nonsmokers‐related cases. Symptoms varies from asymptomatic to hemoptysis or pleural effusion. We describe a case of a patient who presented with painful scapula as primary manifestation of advanced pulmonary malignancy.

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