Table 35.3. Lung cancer symptoms and signs
| Table 35.3. Lung cancer symptoms and signs. |
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Asymptomatic Primary Cough Wheeze and stridor Chest pain Shortness of breath Hemoptysis Fever, chills, or sweats (associated pneumonia) |
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Systemic Anorexia Weight loss Fatigue Weakness Finger clubbing Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes |
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Metastatic Regional Hoarseness Superior vena cava syndrome Dysphagia Horner's syndrome Brachial plexus pain Chest wall pain Distant Bone pain (bone metastases) Altered mental status (brain metastases) Palable lymph nodes Jaundice (liver metastases) Abdominal pain (liver metastases) |
| Source: From Crawford et al.,5 with permission. |