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Case #3 -
A 62-year-old man complains of worsening cough since three months

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
7.) What other tests or procedures will you order?

Other tests and procedures for diagnosis:

  1. Laboratory: CBC, liver function tests, calcium

  2. Bronchoscopy: identify lesions, washings for cytology, biopsy of lesions, FNA of extrabronchial lesions

  3. Transthoracic needle aspiration for peripheral lesions

  4. Thoracoscopy for staging

 
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