Abstract
Lung cancer is most often located in the right upper lobe and is called a Pancoast tumor. On many occasions, the Pancoast tumor begins with osteomyoarticular manifestations. A 72-year-old white male patient of peasant origin is presented who attends the Guard Corps because for a few weeks an increase in volume has been noted on the back of the right hand accompanied by pain in the absence of trauma. An X-ray of the hand was performed, observing osteolysis of the carpal bones, in the preoperative preparation a chest X-ray was performed where an image of condensation of the upper lobe of the right lung was observed. An excisional biopsy of the carpal lesion was performed, the result of which was metastasis of highly undifferentiated lung adenocarcinoma.
Highlights
Cancer is a group of diseases that are characterized by the abnormal proliferation of cells, which divide without control and have a high capacity to invade organs, tissues and spread through the blood and lymphatic system
This coincides with the case studied, which is a 72-year-old male patient diagnosed with right lung cancer
In studies carried out in Cuba, it was found that in terms of the topographic location of the lung cancer, it was more frequent in the right lung, mainly in the upper lobe of this same side
Summary
Sergio Morales Pineiro, Claribel Plain Pazos2*, Leonardo Dominguez Plain, Alejandro Sarduy, Tatiana Morales Moreira and Anisbel Perez de Alejo Plain.
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