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●he pointed
to a site of obstruction in his throat
●The remainder of the
examination was unchanged. Laboratory-test results
are shown in Table 1. A chest radiograph was
unchanged. Intravenous fluids were administered.
●Later that day
upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination
was attempted but was obscured by barium.
●In view of this patient’s long history of smoking,
known exposure to asbestos, and chronic
obstructive lung disease, we must consider the
possibility of a primary pulmonary process, especially
lung cancer, as the cause of his illness.
This patient is at risk for a smoking-related malignant
condition, including the development of
a tumor, or pulmonary disease because of his exposure
to asbestos. ●The diagnoses of esophageal
candidiasis and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma do not
guarantee that the patient has no other diagnoses.

●will you give us your impressions
at the time you saw this patient?

●Our thinking
was similar to that of Dr. Stone. We obtained written
informed consent from both the patient and
his family for antibody testing for HIV;

●We were also concerned about the possibility of additional opportunistic
infections. An induced sputum specimen
was positive for the presence of P. jiroveci,

●Fine-needle aspiration and core
biopsy of the liver were performed; small cores of
tissue and fluid for cytologic evaluation were obtained.

●Dr. Abramson, how did you manage
this patient’s lymphoma?