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| keratanziied, asosciatd with smoking, centarlly locted, cavitating, associated iwth apncoast tumors and hypercalcemia |
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| mroe common in owmen/nonsmokers, peripehrally lcoated, metastatic spread is common |
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| subtype of adenocarcinoma, columanr cells linignalveolar ceptal. may appear liek ifnitlrate- sproblematic diagnosis |
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poorly diff adeno or squamous cel carcinoma.
peripehrally located with caviation, celsl with lots of cytoplasm. early mastiaspread, gynomastia assocaited with it |
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| larger than lymphs with scant cytoplasm. Hilar mass. ltos of paraneoplastic syndromes. |
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| thorax cancer lcincial presentation |
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cough weight loss heymoptsysis
regional symtposm ar more specific : ocal cord paralysis , diaphrgm paralysis, pnacoast, pleural e ffusion ,sueprrior ven cave
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| lung cancer common metastes |
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| lymph node follweod by liver nad brain. |
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| paraneoplastic sydnroems of lung cancer |
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| can affect any organ. clubbing |
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| when lcoated at apex o the lung can lead to destruciton of cervical gamglion leading to horners synndrome |
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| good for larger lesions, cancers in central airways and staging the airays |
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| better than FOB for small peripehral nodules. with high risk fo pneumothorax and cosndierable falsen egatives. |
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| useful for squamous cel and central elsions |
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| nonsmall cell carcinoma staging |
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| TNM- whats get metastes not resecrbile stages 1-3a are resectable |
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| rapid dissemination, surgery generally nto an option |
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| look for anything suggteing cardiopulmoanry isntability- heart needs to wisthsatnd surgeyr ,also check pulmoanry reserve |
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| contraindications pulmonary for operability |
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| hyeprcapnea, fev<35 percent predicted. |
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