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4 unusual facts about Pancoast


Pancoast

Pancoast tumor, also called a pulmonary sulcus tumor or superior sulcus tumor, is a tumor of the pulmonary apex

Fred Pancoast (born 1932), human resources executive and former American football player and coach

Henry Pancoast (1875–1939), American radiologist after whom a type of lung tumor is named (Pancoast tumor)

G. Sieber Pancoast, former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives


Pancoast tumor

Aside from cancer general symptoms such as malaise, fever, weight loss and fatigue, Pancoast tumour can include a complete Horner's syndrome in severe cases: miosis (constriction of the pupils), anhidrosis (lack of sweating), ptosis (drooping of the eyelid) and enophthalmos (sunken eyeball).


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