Sandbox/WCT 1
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Symptoms Related to Tumor Growth in the Thorax
- Cough (most common symptom)[1]
- Wheezing[1]
- Dyspnea[1]
- Hemoptysis[1]
- Chest pain[1]
Symptoms Related to the Distant Spread of the Tumor
- Hoarseness (involvement of the recurrent laryngeal nerve)[2]
- Dyspnea (one of the causes is the involvement of the phrenic nerve and subsequent elevation of the hemi-diaphragm)[2]
- Pain, muscle wasting, or change in the skin temperature in areas corresponding to C8, T2 to T4 (involvement of the brachial plexus)[2]
- Chest pain (one of the causes is the involvement of the chest wall)[2]
- Pleuritic chest pain[2]
- Horner syndrome manifested by unilateral miosis, ptosis and anhydrosis (involvement of the sympathetic trunk)[2]
- Arrhythmia (involvement of the pericardium)[2]
- Cardiac tamponade manifested by chest pain, altered mental status, cold extremities, peripheral cyanosis (involvement of the pericardium)[2]
- Dysphagia (compression of the esophagus)[2]
- Superior vena cava syndrome manifested by dyspnea and swelling of the face, neck, trunk, and arms[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Meerbeeck JP, Fennell DA, De Ruysscher DK (2011). "Small-cell lung cancer". Lancet. 378 (9804): 1741–55. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60165-7. PMID 21565397.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Spiro SG, Gould MK, Colice GL, American College of Chest Physicians (2007). "Initial evaluation of the patient with lung cancer: symptoms, signs, laboratory tests, and paraneoplastic syndromes: ACCP evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition)". Chest. 132 (3 Suppl): 149S–160S. doi:10.1378/chest.07-1358. PMID 17873166.