Question 461 · LEK · Pleural mesothelioma
Select the suspected diagnosis in a 65-year-old male patient with a history of severe right-sided chest pain, chronic dry cough, progressive fatigue and clinical evaluation findings of dull percussion with asymmetric chest expansion:
- A. herpes zoster.
- B. pericarditis.
- C. mesothelioma.
- D. discopathy with root compression of nerves T5-T11.
- E. tuberculosis.
Hint
Combine older age, severe unilateral chest pain, dullness to percussion and restricted movement of one hemithorax, all pointing to a pleural process.
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