title: Pancoast tumor: the role of magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: We report imaging techniques in the definition of the therapeutic planning of a 65-year-old man with a diagnosis of Pancoast tumor. Computed Tomography has a pivotal role in the assessment of nodes involvement and distant metastasis. Magnetic Resonance allows a detailed study of locoregional extension for its high soft tissue resolution. We particularly highlight the actual importance of Magnetic Resonance Neurography, Diffusion-Weighted Imaging, and Magnetic Resonance Angiography techniques in the assessment of the superior sulcus vascular and nervous structures involvement. Their integrity has been showed in our patient with a complete surgical excision of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manenti
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raguso
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Onofrio
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altobelli
authors.forename: Angela Lia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Scarano
authors.forename: Erald
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vasili
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonetti