Author: Alessia Pedoto And Paul M. Heerdt And Fun-Sun F. Yao

Case-Study

A 60-year-old man has suffered from cough, intermittent hemoptysis, and weight loss for 2 months. He has smoked one pack of cigarettes per day for 40 years. A chest radiograph 1 month ago revealed a right middle lobe infiltrate that was treated with antibiotics without clinical improvement. Subsequent evaluation revealed a mass. He is now scheduled for fiberoptic bronchoscopy, possible mediastinoscopy, and possible video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy.