A patient is admitted with shortness of breath and hemoptysis. A chest x-ray revealed patchy infiltrates in the left lung and possible pneumonia. On the third day of hospitalization a bronchoscopy with biopsy was done which revealed a small cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe of the lung. A metastatic lesion in the brain was detected. The principal diagnosis is the
A. metastatic brain carcinoma.
B. small cell lung carcinoma.
C. hemoptysis.
D. pneumonia.
A patient is admitted with shortness of breath and hemoptysis. A chest x-ray revealed patchy infiltrates in the left lun
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A patient is admitted with shortness of breath and hemoptysis. A chest x-ray revealed patchy infiltrates in the left lun
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