Quit Smoking

Histology
1. SCLC
Lung Cancer
1. Types
  1. Non-Small cell carcinoma (85%)
    1. Adenocarcinoma (40%)
    2. Large cell carcinoma (10%)
    3. Aquarius cell carcinoma (30%)
  2. Small cell carcinoma (15%)
    1. Signs & Symptoms
      1. Cough (75%)
        weight loss (40%)
        Chest Pain (40%)
        Dyspnea (20%)
    2. Risks Factors
      1. Smoking
        Radon
        Asbestos
        Air Pollution
    3. Pathogenesis
      1. TS6 Inactivation
        Oncongen activation
        Telomerase activation
        apoptosis evasion
    4. Complications
      1. Arraythmia
        Horner's syndrome
        SVC syndrome
        Paraneplastic syndrome
      2. Metasstasis
        development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer
    5. investigations
      1. Blood count
        chest imaging
        sputum cytology
        Interventional Bronchusopy
    6. Management
      1. Chemotherapy
        Neoadjuvent
        Adjuvent
2. malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung usually in the cells lining air passages
Hemoptysis
1. coughing up of blood or blood stained mucus from the bronch, larynx, trachea, or lungs.
2. Causes
  1. Brunchitis
  2. Cancer
  3. Pneumonia
  4. Lung abcess
  5. Cardiovascular
    1. Mitral stenosis
    2. CHF
  6. Trauma
Mediastinal Shift
1. Deviation of the mediastinal structures towards one side of the chest
2. Causes
  1. Tumor
  2. Ateiactesis
  3. pneumaothorax
  4. pleural effusion

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