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| Cough can be classified as? |
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Acute < 3wks
Subacute 3-8wks
Chronic > 8wks |
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Term
| Bronchoalveolar Cell Carcinoma |
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| What is an important risk factor for lung CA? |
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Definition
| Smoking working synergistically with asbestos |
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Term
| Are 90% symptomatic but silent until? |
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Definition
| Metastasis to brain (like w/ AdenoCA causing headaches and seizures), liver, bone (pain & hypercalcemia), adrenal or node. The clinical Sx include hemoptysis, dyspnea, chest pain, virchow's node (supraclavicular), paraneoplastic syndromes & local Sx |
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| Pneumonia due to bronchial obstruction, horner's syndrome from a pancoast tumor - invasion of the inferior cervical ganglion (ipsilateral enopthalmos, loss of sweating, miosis), Superior Vena Caval Syndrome (), Recurrent Laryngeal nerve involvement (hoarseness, usually left), Phrenic nerve involment (hiccups, diaphragm paralysis), pleural effusion |
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Term
| Paraneoplastic syndromes include? |
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Definition
SIADH
Ectopic ACTH
Eaton-Lambert Syndrome
PTH-like protein (Squamous)
Clubbing & hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy |
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Term
| What are SPNs & what makes them good or bad for prognosis? |
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Definition
| Good if pt is <35 yo, doesnt smoke, and has no Fx of CAs, also if the size is >3cm there is an asso. 80% chance of malignancy, its good if the doubling time is <20 days (MCC an infection) or gr8er then >400 days, another good sign is calcification (any pattern) |
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