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The [[differential diagnosis]] for patients who present with abnormalities on chest x-ray includes lung cancer, as well as nonmalignant diseases. These include infectious causes such as [[tuberculosis]] or pneumonia, or inflammatory conditions such as [[sarcoidosis]]. These diseases can result in [[mediastinum|mediastinal]] [[lymphadenopathy]] or lung [[nodule (medicine)|nodules]], and sometimes mimic lung cancers. | The [[differential diagnosis]] for patients who present with abnormalities on chest x-ray includes lung cancer, as well as nonmalignant diseases. These include infectious causes such as [[tuberculosis]] or pneumonia, or inflammatory conditions such as [[sarcoidosis]]. These diseases can result in [[mediastinum|mediastinal]] [[lymphadenopathy]] or lung [[nodule (medicine)|nodules]], and sometimes mimic lung cancers. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shanshan Cen, M.D. [2]
Overview
X Ray
Performing a chest x-ray is the first step if a patient reports symptoms that may be suggestive of lung cancer. Often lung cancers are picked up on a routine chest X-ray in a person experiencing no symptoms. This may reveal an obvious mass, widening of the mediastinum (suggestive of spread to lymph nodes there), atelectasis (collapse), consolidation (pneumonia), or pleural effusion.
If there are no x-ray findings but the suspicion is high (such as a heavy smoker with blood-stained sputum), bronchoscopy and/or a CT scan may provide the necessary information. Bronchoscopy or CT-guided biopsy is often used to identify the tumor type.
The differential diagnosis for patients who present with abnormalities on chest x-ray includes lung cancer, as well as nonmalignant diseases. These include infectious causes such as tuberculosis or pneumonia, or inflammatory conditions such as sarcoidosis. These diseases can result in mediastinal lymphadenopathy or lung nodules, and sometimes mimic lung cancers.