TUMORS OF THE PULMONARY APICES AND ADJACENT REGIONS INVOLVING THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS
Authors: Harold C. Habein, Joseph M. Miller, John C. Henthorne
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 April 1938TUMORS OF THE PULMONARY APICES AND ADJACENT REGIONS INVOLVING THE BRACHIAL PLEXUSHAROLD C. HABEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH M. MILLER, M.D., JOHN C. HENTHORNE, M.D.HAROLD C. HABEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH M. MILLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN C. HENTHORNE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-10-1806 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTumors which have their origin at the apices of the lung, or in the lower portion of the neck just above the clavicle, have aroused considerable interest in the past 13 years. A number of papers recently have appeared, including reports of cases that have been similar to those in the original group reported by Pancoast in 1924.The tumors, Pancoast reported, occurred at the apices of the lungs and produced a characteristic group of clinical symptoms. Pancoast considered this type of tumor to be a distinct clinical entity and gave it the name, "superior sulcus tumor." In 1932 he...References1. BROWDERDEVEER JJA: The varied pathologic basis for the symptomatology produced by tumors in the region of the pulmonary apex and upper mediastinum, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1935, xxiv, 507-521. Google Scholar2. CLARKE BE: Superior pulmonary sulcus tumor (Pancoast), Am. Jr. Path., 1934, x, 693-694. Google Scholar3. CRILEKEARNS GJE: Branchial carcinoma, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1935, lx, 703-709. Google Scholar4. FRIED BM: Bronchiogenic cancer: treatment with roentgen-rays, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1934, xx, 791-806. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FRIED BM: Bronchiogenic cancer combined with tuberculosis of the lungs, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1935, xxiii, 247-266. Google Scholar6. FRIED BM: Sternoclavicular branchioma, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1935, xxv, 738-745. Google Scholar7. FROSTWOLPAW TTSE: Intrathoracic sympathoblastoma; producing the symptomatology of a superior pulmonary sulcus tumor (Pancoast), Am. Jr. Cancer, 1936, xxvi, 483-492. Google Scholar8. GRAEFSTEINBERG II: Superior pulmonary sulcus tumor: a case exhibiting a malignant epithelial neoplasm of unknown origin with Pancoast's syndrome, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1936, xxxvi, 293-301. Google Scholar9. GUILLIONSTERNE GJ: La forme neurologique du cancer de l'apex pulmonaire. Paralysie douloureuse du plexus brachial avec syndrome de Claude Bernard-Horner, Ann. de med., 1936, xl, 93-105. Google Scholar10. HARE ES: Tumor implicating the nerves of the left side, London Med. Gaz., 1838, xxiii, 16-18. Google Scholar11. HENDERSON WF: Roentgen study of apical chest tumors, Am. Jr. Surg., 1930, viii, 414-420. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. JACOX HW: Superior pulmonary sulcus tumor: further observations, with report of two additional cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 84-87. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. LLOYD MS: The early classification and the early diagnosis of cancer of the bronchus: with analysis of thirty-one case reports, including three pathological diagnostic errors, New England Jr. Med., 1935, ccxiii, 101-113. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. PANCOAST HK: Importance of careful roentgen-ray investigations of apical chest tumors, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxiii, 1407-1411. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. PANCOAST HK: Superior pulmonary sulcus tumor: tumor characterized by pain, Horner's syndrome, destruction of bone and atrophy of hand muscles. Chairman's address, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 1391-1396. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. STEINERFRANCIS PEBF: Primary apical lung carcinoma, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1934, xxii, 776-785. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. TOBÍAS JW: Sindrome ápico-costo-vertebral doloroso por tumor apexiano: su valor diagnóstico en el cáncer primitivo pulmonar, Rev. med. latino-Am., 1932, xvii, 1522-1557. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Submitted for publication August 19, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTumoren der BrustwandGeschwülste der Lunge, Pleura und BrustwandDie Bronchographie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Anwendung in der ThoraxchirurgieÜber einen Fall von Pancoasts Syndrom mit neurogener Herabsetzung der Pigmentierungs-fähigkeit.1 1 April 1938Volume 11, Issue 10Page: 1806-1817KeywordsLung and intrathoracic tumorsLungs ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...