Pancoast tumor, also called a pulmonary sulcus tumor or superior sulcus tumor, is a tumor of the pulmonary apex
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Fred Pancoast (born 1932), human resources executive and former American football player and coach
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Henry Pancoast (1875–1939), American radiologist after whom a type of lung tumor is named (Pancoast tumor)
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G. Sieber Pancoast, former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Aside from cancer general symptoms such as malaise, fever, weight loss and fatigue, Pancoast tumour can include a complete Horner's syndrome in severe cases: miosis (constriction of the pupils), anhidrosis (lack of sweating), ptosis (drooping of the eyelid) and enophthalmos (sunken eyeball).