Case study 1

A 55-year-old man presented with a one-year history of left-sided subscapular pain which was pleuritic in nature

Work-up revealed a suspicious pulmonary nodule, and MRI thoracic spine and pelvis demonstrated osseous metastatic disease within the thoracic spine and pelvis. The patient was a...

Approximately 60% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) are metastatic at diagnosis.¹ The diagnosis of metastatic (stage IV) lung cancer has long been associated with a dismal prognosis, and median survival times of less than one year, however the era of personalised medicine and immunotherapy is bringing about...

Case study 1

A 60-year-old man presented through the Rapid Access Lung Cancer clinic with a three-month history of a non-resolving lower respiratory tract infection

Workup, including CT thorax and bronchoscopy, revealed a 3.2cm spiculated mass in the left upper lobe, with masses contralaterally in the...

Case study 1

A 54-year-old man presented to the ED with a one-month history of progressive shortness of breath, dysphagia, facial swelling and dilated chest wall veins

A chest x-ray was performed in the ED (see Figure 1). The patient went on to have a CT thorax (see Figure 2).

Question 1: What is...