Clinical features of lung cancer

Question 1

Name 3 symptoms of lung cancer?

Answer 1

1. Dyspnea
2. Haemoptysis
3. Chest pain

Question 2

Name 3 signs of lung cancer?

Answer 2

1. Clubbing
2. Supraclavicular lymphadenopathy
3. Weightloss
4. Finger clubbing

Question 3

Name 4 major extrathoracic complications of lung cancer?

Answer 3

1. Horner’s syndrome
2. Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy
3. Superior vena cava obstruction
4. Phrenic nerve palsy

Question 4

How does ‘Horner’s syndrome’ present?

Answer 4

1. ptosis
2. anhidrosis
3. meiosis

Question 5

How is ‘recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy’

Answer 5

Hoarse voice

Question 6

How is Superior vena cava obstruction present?

Answer 6

facial and upper limb swelling

Question 7

What are chest signs associated with lung cancers?

Answer 7

1. Consolidation
2. Pleural effusion
3. Lobar collapse