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KMID : 0364019950280040426
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1995 Volume.28 No. 4 p.426 ~ p.430
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Surgical Management of Pancoast Tumor -2 Case Report-
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안정태
김용성/이재원/신제균
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Abstract
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Pancoast tumor was specific lung carcinoma that has been symptoms and signs according to locations. It was located in peripheral and involved the extrathoracic structures more than parenchyme orf the lung. At 1838, Hare reported it, and at 1932
Pancoast
was first described it. Prior to 1950, superior sulcus tumor was considered uniformly fatal, but at 1961 Paulson and Shaw advocated the use of preoperative irradiation therapy and followed by and extended en bloc resection.
Resently we were experienced 2 cases of pancoast tumor managed with same method. One was 60-years old man that has been recommended preoperative radiation therapy with dose of 3000 cGy to 20 fractions and followed resection after 4 weeks, the
other
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53-years old man that has been recommended a dose of 4000 cGy to 20 fractions and followed resection after 4 weeks.
On tumor histology first case was large cell carcinoma and second case was squamous cell carcinoma. All patients were comp0licated atelectasis.
First patient was expired with brain metastasis after 17 months, second was expired after 6 months.
(Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;28:426-30)
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