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Clinical findings suggesting metastatic disease

Clinical findings suggesting metastatic disease
Symptoms elicited in history
Constitutional - weight loss >10 pounds
Musculoskeletal - focal skeletal pain
Neurologic - headaches, syncope, seizures, extremity weakness, recent change in mental status
Signs found on physical exam
Lymphadenopathy (>1 cm)
Hoarseness, superior vena cava syndrome
Bone tenderness
Hepatomegaly (>13 cm span)
Focal neurologic signs, papilledema
Soft tissue mass
Routine laboratory tests
Hematocrit, <40% in males
Hematocrit, <35% in females
Elevated alkaline phosphatase, GGT, SGOT
GGT: gamma-glutamyltransferase; SGOT: serum glutamicoxalonacetic transaminase.
Silvestri GA, Littenberg B, Colice GL, 1995. The clinical evaluation for detecting metastatic lung cancer. A meta-analysis. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine; 152:225-30. Official Journal of the American Thoracic Society. Reprinted with permission of the American Thoracic Society. Copyright © 2014 American Thoracic Society.
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