PANCOAST TUMOUR WITH SPINE RESECTION - CASE REPORT
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https://doi.org/10.48729/pjctvs.18Abstract
Pancoast tumours are defined as tumours arising from the upper lobe and invading the thoracic inlet,representing less than 5% of all lung cancers. Clinical features depend on the involved structures. For many years invasion of the spine was considered unresectable and fatal. Due to the progress in spine surgery, en bloc resection including the spine is nowadays possible. We report the first case of a successful en bloc vertebral resection of a Pancoast tumour in a 66 year-old male, with a squamous cell carcinoma, treated at our department in a multidisciplinary setting, after induction chemoradiotherapy. An en bloc resection including the left upper lobe, the first three ribs and the vertebral body of D2, was performed through a Paulson incision after posterior cervico-dorsal arthrodesis. A complete R0 resection was confirmed on the pathology specimen. Currently, one year after surgery, although no local recurrence has occurred, the patient is being treated with immunotherapy due to disease progression in the right acetabulum which was irradiated (20Gy) and then submitted to iliac resection and prothesis reconstruction.
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