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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2014

A 63-year-old male patient complains of cough with expectoration of mucous blood-streaked sputum, asthma, low-grade fever, general weakness. These presentations have been observed for 3 months. The patient has been a smoker since childhood. Objectively: to- 37,4°C, respiratory rate is 26/min, Ps- 82/min, rhythmic. AP- 130/85 mm Hg. There is limited breathing movement in the right side of chest cavity, as well as percussive dullness and diminished breath sounds. Radiograph shows a homogeneous opacity of the pulmonary field on the right with the mediastinum displacement to the affected side. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Pleural effusion
  2. Bronchiectasis
  3. Pulmonary tuberculosis
  4. Pleuropneumonia
  5. Central lung cancer
Correct answer

Central lung cancer

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