70 year old male presents with a cough
There is patchy opacity in the right upper lung
which may represent post obstructive atelectasis from the right hilar mass or multifocal airspace disease. There is encasement of the right upper lobe pulmonary artery suggesting a malignant process.
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVeiin.net 70M lung ca 005
The coronal image shows a centrally placed small cell carcinoma (green mass in right image) occluding the right upper lobe pulmonary artery (red ring).
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