Small-cell lung cancer with tracheal compression
Diagnosis almost certain
Updates to Quizquestion Attributes
Question
was added:
What is a likely cause of this gentleman's left vocal cord palsy?
Answer
was added:
Local mass effect may be contributing but the left recurrent laryngeal nerve innervates the larynx and its path descends into the thorax and may be compressed by any hilar or mediastinal masses.
Updates to Case Attributes
Diagnostic Certainty
was set to
.