Patient scenario Flashcards
1
Q
A patient on long-term chemotherapy for metastatic lung cancer presents due to a collapse at home. His wife said he was “twitching” which has now stopped but his GCS is reduced.
A) What differential are you worried about?
B) What initial investigations would you perform?
A
a) brain mets
b) Bloods, ECG, CXR, CT head
2
Q
A patient with malignant hypercalcaemia is likely to have which type of cancer?
A
squamous cell lung cancer, myeloma and breast cancer
3
Q
Describe a patient with PS2?
A
Has Symptoms which require them to rest but they are up and about >50% of the day
4
Q
A woman with bony mets, where is the primary cancer most likely to be ?
A
breast
