Lecture 10: Lung cancer

Question 1

Symptoms related to intrathoracic spread

Answer 1

• Pleural effusion
• Pericardial effusion
• Hoarseness
• SVC syndrome
  
  • intrathoracic spread
  • Puffy face, puffy hands
  • dilated veins on chest wall

Question 2

Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC)

Answer 2

• A subtype of adenocarcinoma
• Presents as airspace disease/alveolar lung disease
• Least associated with cigarette smoking
• Solitary nodule, multiple nodules, bilateral, consolidation (diffuse pneumonic variant)