Volume 10, Issue 6 452741 p. 330
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Pancoast′s Syndrome due to Metastatic Carcinoma from the Stomach

Takahide Kodama

Takahide Kodama

Division of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Tsukuba Tsukuba-city, Japan , tsukuba.ac.jp

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Hiroaki Satoh

Hiroaki Satoh

Division of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Tsukuba Tsukuba-city, Japan , tsukuba.ac.jp

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Shinsuke Homma

Shinsuke Homma

Division of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Tsukuba Tsukuba-city, Japan , tsukuba.ac.jp

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Kiyohisa Sekizawa

Kiyohisa Sekizawa

Division of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Tsukuba Tsukuba-city, Japan , tsukuba.ac.jp

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First published: 03 September 2003

Abstract

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.

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