Bronchial Carcinoma Flashcards
4 most important clinical features of bronchial carcinoma (WICH)
- weight loss
- lymphadenopathy
- clubbing
- haemoptysis
Three types of non-small cell cancer (80%)
- adenocarcinoma
- squamous cell carcinoma
- large cell carcinoma
What is the pathology of small cell lung cancer
Neurosecretory granules —> neuroendocrine hormones —> paraneoplastic syndrome
Apex affected in pancoast tumour
Upper right
Syndrome associated with pancoast tumour
Horner’s
Pathology of mesothelioma
Pleural thickening + distinct plaques
Asbestos is associated with this cancer
Mesothelioma
Latency period in mesothelioma
Huge
Histology findings in mesothelioma
Psammoma bodies
If not palliative, what Tx for mesothelioma MIGHT work
Chemo
Most common lobar carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Most common RF for SCC
Smoking (asbestos less so)
Histology findings in SCC
Keratin pearls
Mechanism of hypercalcaemia in SCC
- bone destruction —> ectopic PTH analogues
Hypercalcaemia symptoms in SCC
- constipation
- myopathy
- polydipsia
- behavioural changes