MC site of lung abscess post aspiration
Posterior part of UL of right lung
Superior/apical part of LL of right lung
Thoracoscore tells ab
prognostic score to predict mortality and morbidity following lung resection or thoracic surgery
Number of parameters in thoraco score
9 parameters
predictions of dyspnea following lung surgery
FEV1 and DLCO
lung cancer with the strongest association with smoking
Small cell carcinoma of lung
Lung cancer with the maximum paraneoplastic syndrome
Small cell
Paraneoplastic syndromes seen in small cell cancer
Cushing’s disease
SIADH
Acromegaly
Lambert Eaton syndrome
Histological finding in small cell cancer of lung
Azzopardi effect
most common lung cancer in smokers
SCC
MC lung cancer overall
Adenocarcinoma
Marker for adenocarcinoma lung
NAPSIN4
– – – – Carcinoma of lung is centrally placed whereas – – – – carcinoma is peripheral placed
SCC Central adenocarcinoma peripheral
Type of spread in bronco alveolar carcinoma
Lepidic
along the bronco alveolar lining
Most common symptomatic metastatic site of lungs cancer
Brain
IOC lung cancer
HRCT
Approach used in surgery for lung cancer
posterolateral Thoracotomy
MC benign tumour of lung
Hamartoma
radiological finding of hamartoma in lung
Coin shaped lesion
MC benign tumour of lung
Hamartoma
MX hamartoma of lung
VATS guided excision
MC mediastinal tumour
thymoma (ant mediastinum)
MC middle mediastinal lesion
Pericardial cysts
superior mediastinum lesions
Lymphoma
Retrosternal goitre
Parathyroid adenoma
anterior mediastinal pathology
3 Ts
Thymoma
Terrible lymphoma
Mediastinal germ cell tumour like teratoma