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When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer
Back pain is a common presenting concern in physician offices and emergency departments alike, with etiologies ranging from minor injuries to severe life-threatening illnesses. This case details the clinical course of a 68-year-old former smoker with no pulmonary symptoms who presented with back pai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101009 |
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description | Back pain is a common presenting concern in physician offices and emergency departments alike, with etiologies ranging from minor injuries to severe life-threatening illnesses. This case details the clinical course of a 68-year-old former smoker with no pulmonary symptoms who presented with back pain multiple times before developing cord compression syndrome and being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It demonstrates the importance of lung cancer screening and the necessity of monitoring for red flags in cases of back pain. |
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spelling | pubmed-69960112020-02-05 When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer Vasser, Melinda Koroscil, Matthew Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Back pain is a common presenting concern in physician offices and emergency departments alike, with etiologies ranging from minor injuries to severe life-threatening illnesses. This case details the clinical course of a 68-year-old former smoker with no pulmonary symptoms who presented with back pain multiple times before developing cord compression syndrome and being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It demonstrates the importance of lung cancer screening and the necessity of monitoring for red flags in cases of back pain. Elsevier 2020-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6996011/ /pubmed/32025486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101009 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Vasser, Melinda Koroscil, Matthew When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer |
title | When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer |
title_full | When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer |
title_fullStr | When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer |
title_short | When Back Pain Turns Deadly: An Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer |
title_sort | when back pain turns deadly: an unusual presentation of lung cancer |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101009 |
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