Mr. Helms' cough
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

 And if the local destruction of the lung, secondary pneumonias and problems related to the local growth of the tumor aren't enough, there's always metastatic disease.

After the local lymph nodes, the favorite sites of spread are: 

  • brain 
  • adrenal glands
  • bone
  • the other lung
  • liver 
  • kidney 
  • even the skin
Wide spread disease leads to cachexia, multiple organ failure and eventually death.

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