21st February 2025

A 72-year-old man with a 20-pack-year smoking history presents with haemoptysis.

A 72-year-old man with a 20-pack-year smoking history presents with haemoptysis. A CT chest is carried out which demonstrates multiple lesions throughout both lungs. Following this, a staging CT of his chest, abdomen and pelvis is carried out, which reveals additional lesions in the liver and right adrenal gland. A biopsy confirms small cell lung cancer as the primary.

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