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Lung Cancer Symptom

Most of the cases of this disease arecausing some neurological problems, in bones
asymptomatic the disease is revealed as acausing pain and fractures, bone marrow
result of routine radiological examination ofinvasion causing cytopenias, liver metastases
the chest, but some patient also showresulting in biochemical imbalance, adrenal
symptoms and signs. The main symptoms includemetastases is also common but it does not
cough, dyspnea, wheeze, stridor and sometimesresults in insufficiency. systemic symptoms
pneumonia  due  to  bronchial  obstruction.like anorexia, cachexia, suppressed immunity,
weight loss, fever are general symptoms
If the tumour grows within the lung tissue itpractically found in all patients in the
can cause pain. Sometimes patient canlater  stages.
demonstrate symptoms of abscess formation due
to tumour caviation. The spreading of tumourIn some patients we can find hypercalcemia
regionally can also result in dysphagia dueand hypophosphatemia due to ectopic
to esophageal compression, hoarseness due toparathyroid  hormone  releasing  tumours.
laryngeal nerve paralysis, dyspnea due to
phrenic nerve paralysis and horner syndromeSkeletal-connective tissue syndrome that is
due to sympathetic nerve paralysis. Pancoastsclubbing of fingers can also be seen in some
syndrome is result of extension of tumour inpatients. Some times retinal blindness is
the apex of the lungs which involves lastseen in patients suffering from small cell
cervical and first and second thoracic nervescancer.
compression of the nerves results in shoulder
pain.Dermatological manifestations like
dermatomyositis and acanthosis nigricans are
Cancer can spread in practically all organs.also seen in some patients but very rarely.
This type of cancer can spread in brain



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