70yo heavy smoker has off and on productive cough and feeling unwell for the last 6 weeks. He has no wheeze or dyspnea. You consider bronchogenic carcinoma and TB in DDx. Which of the following is expected to be present in lung cancer and not in TB?
سؤال مجاني 1 من 10 اليوم · اشترك وكمّل بدون حد
اعرض الإجابة
الإجابة والشرح
ادخل لحسابك عشان نحفظ إجاباتك ونوريك أخطاءك.
الإجابة: B. Clubbing
Haemoptysis, weight loss and fever occur in both TB and lung cancer. Clubbing (hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy) is a recognised paraneoplastic feature of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma). That makes it the feature that points to cancer over TB.
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A
ليش غلط
Hemoptysis also occurs in TB: post-primary pulmonary TB gives chronic cough, often with hemoptysis.
✓ Pulmonary tuberculosis.pdf · p. 10 -
B
ليش صح
Clubbing is linked to lung cancer through hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma).
✓ Step Up To Medicine 6th Edition 2024 (Lung nodules).pdf · p. 3 -
C
ليش غلط
Weight loss also occurs in TB, which gives fever, night sweats, malaise and loss of appetite and weight.
✓ Pulmonary tuberculosis.pdf · p. 9 -
D
ليش غلط
Fever also occurs in TB, which gives fever, night sweats, malaise and loss of appetite and weight.
✓ Pulmonary tuberculosis.pdf · p. 9
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- Step Up To Medicine 6th Edition 2024 (Lung nodules).pdf · p. 3
Pulmonary tuberculosis.pdf · p. 10 - المحاضرة
- Tuberculosis · Pulmonology · Module B
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