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Pancoast Tumor: Possibly Misused With Short Wave Diathermy-Casereport, Psing-Zau Lu, Lin-Po Tseng, Th-Han Chung

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Clinically, Pancoast tumor is an uncommon disease. We report one case who had received short wave diathermy dued to right neck, right shoulder and right upper arm pain. Tinally, he was proved as a lung CA with lymph rode and chest wall involvement. After surgical treatment, he received TENS therapy. According to the literature, tumor is contraindicated to diathermy. We postulate this case to remind Reh doctor keep alert in prescribing deep diathermy.