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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mazia Fatima, MBBS [2]

Overveiw

MRI is helpful in the diagnosis of Pancoast tumor. MRI offers greater detail in the evaluation of chest wall invasion, examination of vascular structures and brachial plexus involvement and resectability of the tumor.

MRI

MRI of the upper chest on the right demonstrates a large mass centred in the apex of the right lung. Direct extension though the pleura and into the adjacent chest wall is seen, without obvious involvement of the brachial plexus (best demonstrated on sagittal T1). Case courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, rID: 7137


References

  1. Foroulis CN, Zarogoulidis P, Darwiche K, Katsikogiannis N, Machairiotis N, Karapantzos I, Tsakiridis K, Huang H, Zarogoulidis K (September 2013). "Superior sulcus (Pancoast) tumors: current evidence on diagnosis and radical treatment". J Thorac Dis. 5 Suppl 4: S342–58. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.04.08. PMC 3791502. PMID 24102007.
  2. Tamura M, Hoda MA, Klepetko W (October 2009). "Current treatment paradigms of superior sulcus tumours". Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 36 (4): 747–53. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.04.036. PMID 19699106.
  3. Paulson DL (December 1975). "Carcinomas in the superior pulmonary sulcus". J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 70 (6): 1095–104. PMID 1186286.

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