Sunday, May 16, 2010

Does the symptom of coughing up blood appear to the Squamous cell lung cancer of 0.5 centimeter


Does the symptom of coughing up blood appear to the Squamous cell lung cancer of 0.5 centimeter?
In a case of It is generated in the bronchial tube at the entrance of lungs.
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1 :
My mom has coughed up some blood she has non small cell squamous lung cancer in rt lung. It was the size of a softball before chemo and radiation. But yes you can cough up blood some.
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Haemoptysis or blood in cough is one of the cardinal symptoms of many of the lung diseases. Ca.lung and tuberculosis top the list. The patient of blood in cough needs further evaluation by xray chest,AFB culture,bronchoscopy to know the real cause. As you said it can happen in SCLC in bronchial tube at entrance.Bronchoscopy is best in such case.




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