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nbme21/Block 2/Question#24 (55.6 difficulty score)
A 65-year-old man dies in a motor vehicle ...
Squamous cell carcinoma🔍
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submitted by tinydoc(190),

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tsl19 Squamous cell is centrally located and has cavitation, which you can see in the pic. Similar to this one: https://webpath.med.utah.edu/LUNGHTML/LUNG068.html +4

drdoom ^ linkifying: https://webpath.med.utah.edu/LUNGHTML/LUNG068.html +3

zevvyt I also didn't choose infarct cuz i think the lung would have a red infarct. +

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submitted by hungrybox(791),

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privatejoker Lol am I the only one that picked Malignant Lymphoma? I thought I remembered Sattar mentioning that metastases are the most common form of cancer to be found in the lung? I tend to pick the "most common" presentation when given so little information to work with +2

blueberrymuffinbabey but metastases typically present with multiple lesions so I think at least in exams when it's showing you a solitary lesion, think a primary tumor. +1

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submitted by lnsetick(84),

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fallabella4 Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus presents itself as an raised plaque with ulcerations +

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submitted by bbr(15),

Abscess: You'd see a hole (remember the air/fluid level on x ray?)

Hamartomas: Benign neoplasm of normal tissue (you'd see more Lung tissue, whatever this white stuff is....it ain't normal red lung tissue). Infarct: No wedge?

Malignant lymphoma: (idk how to rule out)

Mesothelioma: Pleural plaques (this is intra-parenchymal)

Squamous cell Carcinoma: bingo. Centrally located.

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submitted by joanmadd(4),

I know that small cell carcinoma wasn't an option in this question, but would there be any possible way to distinguish small cell from squamous cell on this specific gross pathology?

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submitted by mattfoley_govtcheese(6),

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submitted by mdsu(0),

Lung abscess pic https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lung_abscess_(7468374032).jpg

Squamous cell carcinoma; Central - Hilar mass- Cavitation

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submitted by bharatpillai(16),

am i the only one who chose mesothelioma? didnt that look like a pleural plaque posteriorly to anyone?

brotherimodu That's what I thought too. +

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submitted by medstudent(7),

FA 2020 p. 684

SCC: Hilar mass arising from bronchus; cavitation, cigarettes, hypercalcemia.

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submitted by samsam3711(19),

Esophageal squamous cell cancers are more common in smokers