[Pancoast syndrome caused by lung tuberculosis].
Pancoast's syndrome arises from neoplasms in 95% of cases but infection is a rare cause. We describe a patient with Pancoast's tumor secondary to tuberculosis. Pain caused by plexopathy and lack of diagnosis by noninvasive means led to the need for open biopsy.
Arenas Gordillo
M
M
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla.
Ortega Ruiz
F
F
Otero Candelera
R
R
Caballero Oliver
A
A
Blanco Orozco
A
A
Calderón Osuna
E
E
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*
Síndrome de Pancoast producido por tuberculosis pulmonar.