Sensory disorder of the chest as presenting symptom of lung cancer.
Four patients with pancoast's syndrome had burning pain in the axilla and abnormal sensation in the intercostobrachial nerve territory. The intercostobrachial nerve is the first component of the brachial plexus to be invaded by lung tumours.
Marangoni
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Centro di Medicina del Dolore, Istituto Scientifico H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Lacerenza
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Formaglio
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F
Smirne
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S
Marchettini
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P
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed