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Laboratory Work-Up hematology
Laboratory Work-Up BLOOD CHEMISTRY
Laboratory Work-Up URINALYSIS
Imaging Studies Chest x-ray
Imaging Studies multiple contiguous axial CT scan of the chest with Iv contrast
Imaging Results • Well defined lobulated pulmonary mass with irregular margin with eccentric calcifications at the superior basal segment of the left lower lobe • <1cm pulmonary nodule at the posterior basal segment of the right lower lobe • With either linear fibrosis or subsegmentalatelectasis at the anterobasal segment of the left lower lobe • Pleural thickening, left lung • Thoracic spondylosis • No liver metastasis
Tissue Diagnosis Surgical pathology
April 26, 2010 Malignant columnar cells forming a papilloid pattern, with large nuclei and scanty cytoplasm, suggestive of metastatic poorly undifferentiated adenocarcinoma
Culture Afb sputum
June 26, 2010 • Day 1: (-) AFB • Day 2: (-) AFB • Day 3: (-) AFB
Working Diagnosis Lung cancer, non-small cell (adenocarcinoma), stage 4, currently undergoing cobalt radiotherapy with possible malnutrition and pulmonary TB. To consider kidney and liver damage.
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