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honeyam5 · Credits: 2380 My Scrapbook

45 yrs women smoker on steroids for Rheumatoid athritis presents with caugh hemptysis and periphiar lung nodules on chest x- ray best way for dig

1- tomography
2-CT chest
3-TB skin test
4- PFT
5-bronchoscopy

H2O · Credits: 3658 My Scrapbook

2-CT chest ?

maryana · Credits: 9198 My Scrapbook

I think 5) because I suspect Cancer and I need histologic conformation

honeyam5 · Credits: 2380 My Scrapbook

bronchoscopy dont we do for centeral nodules????

doctorkarim · Credits: 80818 My Scrapbook

3-TB skin test

In fact, this was repeated question I saw it in other exam. From the history was given in this question lady was on steriod so will her immunity will be depress and because of that will get tuberculosis so we need to do skin test first if postive proceed to higher test.

degruchy · Credits: 2678 My Scrapbook

We are suspecting Carcinoma and for diagnosis(which is the question) we will do the CT scan of chest.

kayjay · Credits: 312 My Scrapbook

TB skin test

degruchy · Credits: 2678 My Scrapbook

The incidence of TB has been increasing in the United States secondary to homelessness, drug abuse, and human immunodeficiency virus infection.
And this patient is not among them.

maryana · Credits: 9198 My Scrapbook

I was reading on the emedicine website that best step to diagnose cancer in histological conformation. Are you guys sure about CT?
About TB, I will look at this, I had suspicion but I am not sure.

daood · Credits: 296 My Scrapbook

bronchoscopy

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