Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal
CASE REPORT

Subclavian Reconstruction In Superior Sulcus Tumor: Case Report

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul

Cerrahpasa Med J 2006; 37: 64-66
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Superior sulcus tumors are primary lung tumors with a characteristic clinical presentation of pain in the eighth cervical, first and second thoracic trunk distribution and Horner syndrome caused by stellate ganglion invasion. Superior sulcus tumors has a privilidged position in lung cancers because of its proximity to brachial plexus, subclavian vessels and vertebral body. Although subclavian artery involvement is known to be a negative prognostic factor, patients who underwent a procedure with subclavian artery resection showed better survival compared with the ones without arterial resection. A male patient aged 48, had undergone simultaneous mediastinoscopy and left posterolateral thoractomy with upper lobectomy + 1st.-2nd. costae resection + subclavian artery resection + PTFE graft interposition. After radiotherapy, during follow-up, graft trombosis was discovered with the symptoms of left arm claudication. Left carotico-subclavian PTFE graft bypass was performed. No complication and recurrence developed in the 12th month follow-up .

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