Pulmonology · Pulmonology / Thoracic oncology
Pancoast syndrome
also: Superior sulcus tumor syndrome
Shoulder and arm pain, Horner syndrome and hand weakness from apical lung tumor.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Thoracic oncology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: no
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Superior sulcus tumor syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Invasion of the brachial plexus and sympathetic chain by a superior sulcus tumor.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
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Same gene(s)
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
Thoracic outlet syndrome
arm pain, hand weakness
1 shared
Acute chest syndrome
cough
1 shared
Caplan syndrome
cough
1 shared
Central cord syndrome
hand weakness
1 shared
Computer vision syndrome
shoulder pain
1 shared
Frozen shoulder syndrome
shoulder pain
1 shared
Hamman–Rich syndrome
cough
1 shared
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
cough
1 shared
Hughes–Stovin syndrome
cough
1 shared
Hypereosinophilic syndrome
cough
Shares genes with
None.
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