patient is female, 41 yrs.,stopped smoking in 1997. chest xrays and chest CT scan revealed numerous small nodules in both lungs, but primary source cannot be found. doctors said it is metastatic lung cancer, 4th stage
She has low hemoglobin count. she has small myoma which doctors said cannot be source of the lung nodules, but bleeds profusely during menstrual periods.
patient does not exhibit symptoms, does not have fever, cough, chest pains, does not suffer from shortness of breath, her skin is ok, is breathing normally.
a lung specialist wants to do VATS to take biopsy, because broncoscopy will not be able to get the needed samples (nodules are too small, far from airways of lung). is VATS the last recourse?
2006-07-09
01:35:03
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