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& History
Physical
Findings
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& Think
Lab
and X-Ray
Differential
Diagnosis
The
Disease
Treatment
Conclusions
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Mr.
Helm's reaction to the situation was one of resignation.
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He became involved in a local
hospice program.
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He underwent a series of radiation
treatments, to both the primary and several of the metastatic lesions.
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He tried, but could not tolerate
the chemotherapy.
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He continued to smoke.
Two months after his diagnosis,
he experienced a seizure while watching television, no doubt due
to his cerebral metastases. He decided it was unsafe to continue
to drive.
A week later, while
riding the cross-town bus, a metastatic nodule eroded into his pulmonary
artery and he exsanguinated.
Autopsy
findings
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