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Image-Guided Lung Biopsy

Image-Guided Lung Biopsy - Symptoms

The most common symptoms of lung cancer include:

Cough (persistent or worsening)
Blood in sputum (haemoptysis)
Shortness of breath
Wheezing (whistling sound when you breathe)
Chest pain, especially if worse with deep breathing or coughing
Voice hoarseness
Headache and swelling of the face, arms or neck (tumour compression on superior vena cava)
Arm/ shoulder pain, droopy eyelid, smaller pupil, reduced or absent sweating on the same side of the face (tumour in the top part of the lungs- Pancoast tumour)
Weight loss, loss of appetite, night sweats and/or unexplained fever

Image-Guided Lung Biopsy - Other Information

Article contributed by Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore General Hospital

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