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 Magnet...

Horner syndrome results from a disruption of the sympathetic nervous system input to the eye and orbit. Many causes have been described, including thoracostomy tubes, carotid artery dissection, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, various headache syndromes, Pancoast tumor, head and neck surgery, and local trauma. In the medical literature, Horner syndrome has been reported as a sequela of prolonged pos...

Superior sulcus tumours are rarely encountered in clinical practice, representing < 5% of all bronchogenic carcinomas [1, 2]. In 1932, Pancoast [3] published his classic article in which he reported four patients who had a similar presentation including pain in the shoulder and arm, weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hand, and ipsilateral Horner syndrome together with a lesion situated ...

A 61-year-old male was admitted to Başkent University Hospital with right shoulder pain, weight loss, and dyspeptic symptoms. His chest roentgenogram showed a mass-like shadow of about 7 cm in diameter in the right upper lung area (Fig. 1). Subsequent computed tomograph (CT) revealed a large tumor with multiple metastases spread in the lung paranchimal tissue but no metastases in the mediastina...