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Lung Cancers Flashcards

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pneumonic “coin” lesion on X-ray film or noncalcified nodule on CT

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Lung Cancer

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Lung Cancer complications

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SPHERE: SVC Syndrome; Pancoast tumor; Horner Syndrome; Endocrine (paraneoplastic); Recurrent Laryngeal Symptoms (hoarseness); Effusions (pleural or pericardial)

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Central Lung Cancers

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Squamous and Small Cell Carcinomas

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Most common lung cancer in nonsmokers

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Adenocarcinoma Lung CA

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Location of Adenocarcinoma Lung CA

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Peripheral

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Activating mutations associated with Adenocarcinoma Lung CA

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k-ras; EGFR and ALK

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Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (clubbing)

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Adenocarcinoma Lung CA

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Lung cancer that grows along alceolar septa causing apparent thickening of alveolar walls

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Adenocarcinoma Lung CA

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Keratin pearls and intercellular bridges

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung

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Cancer that may produce ACTH, ADH, or antibodies against presynaptic calcium channels (Lambert-Eaton)

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Small Cell (oat cell) Carcinomar

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Cavitation, Cigarettes, hyperCalcemia

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung

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Produces PTHrP

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung

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Kulchitsky cells

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small dark blue cells; associated with Small cell (oat cell) carcinoma

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Pleomorphic giant cells found in ther Periphery of lung (occasionally central lung)

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Large cell carcinoma

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Chromogranin A (+)

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Bronchial carcinoid tumor; it stains Nest of neuroendocrine cells

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Carcinoid Syndrome

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Serotonin secretion; flushing, diarrhea, wheezing

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Tx of carcinoid Syndrome

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Octreotide; somtostatin analog

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Malignancy of the pleura associated with asbestos

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Mesothelioma

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Result of Mesothelioma

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hemorrhagic pleural effusions and pleural thickening

20
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Carcinoma that affects the apex of the lung

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Pancoast tumor

21
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IL ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis

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Horner Syndrome; if Pancoast tumor compresses the cervical sympathetic plexus; SVC syndrome; sensorimotor deficits and hoarseness

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Pacial Plethora

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SVC syndrome, impaired blood drainage from head

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1 area lung cancers like to metastasize to

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Adrenals

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