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Case #4

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Expand Primary Site

Right lower lobe.

Expand Physical Exam

07/06/XX

General: Left sided chest pain and chest tightness; labored inhalations

Expand X-Rays & Scans

07/06/XX

Chest X-ray: Lesion in right lower lobe

07/15/XX

CT chest: 5 x 6 cm mass towards right medial base posteriorly.

Expand Scopes

08/01/XX

Bronchoscopy with needle aspiration.

Expand Laboratory

None in chart

Expand Operative Findings

08/01/XX

Thoracotomy: Extension to mediastinum. Biopsy taken; tumor is inoperable.

Expand Pathological Reports

08/01/XX

Aspiration biopsy: Large cell undifferentiated carcinoma.

Expand Treatment

08/19/XX

Radiation: XRT: 4500 rads EBRT to primary tumor, hilum, mediastinum, and R supraclavicular nodes.

08/19/XX

Chemo: cisplatin and etoposide.