Pancoast Tumor: The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Guglielmo Manenti; Mario Raguso; Silvia D'Onofrio; Simone Altobelli; Angela Lia Scarano; Erald Vasili; Giovanni Simonetti

doi:10.1155/2013/479120

Case Reports in Radiology (Jan 2013)

Pancoast Tumor: The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Guglielmo Manenti,
Mario Raguso,
Silvia D'Onofrio,
Simone Altobelli,
Angela Lia Scarano,
Erald Vasili,
Giovanni Simonetti

Affiliations

Guglielmo Manenti: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy
Mario Raguso: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy
Silvia D'Onofrio: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy
Simone Altobelli: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy
Angela Lia Scarano: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy
Erald Vasili: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy
Giovanni Simonetti: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/479120
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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We report imaging techniques in the definition of the therapeutic planning of a 65-year-old man with a diagnosis of Pancoast tumor. Computed Tomography has a pivotal role in the assessment of nodes involvement and distant metastasis. Magnetic Resonance allows a detailed study of locoregional extension for its high soft tissue resolution. We particularly highlight the actual importance of Magnetic Resonance Neurography, Diffusion-Weighted Imaging, and Magnetic Resonance Angiography techniques in the assessment of the superior sulcus vascular and nervous structures involvement. Their integrity has been showed in our patient with a complete surgical excision of the lesion.

Published in Case Reports in Radiology

ISSN: 2090-6862 (Print); 2090-6870 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/5370

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