Pancoast's syndrome due to metastatic carcinoma from the stomach.
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.
Kodama
Takahide
T
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-city, Japan.
Satoh
Hiroaki
H
Homma
Shinsuke
S
Sekizawa
Kiyohisa
K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery