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Cancer of unknown primary
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DDx
- Poorly differentiated: lymphoma, germ cell tumor, melanoma, neuroendocrine, prostate
- Adenocarcinoma: breast, prostate, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, lung, colon, ovarian
- Squamous cell (depending on location of adenopathy): head and neck, genital, anorectal, cervical, lung
- Others: melanoma, sarcoma, thyroid
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DDx
- Poorly differentiated: lymphoma, germ cell tumor, melanoma, neuroendocrine, prostate
- Adenocarcinoma: breast, prostate, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, lung, colon, ovarian
- Squamous cell (depending on location of adenopathy): head and neck, genital, anorectal, cervical, lung
- Others: melanoma, sarcoma, thyroid
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Cancer of Unknown Primary." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114153/all/Cancer_of_unknown_primary.
Zeiger RFR. Cancer of unknown primary. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114153/all/Cancer_of_unknown_primary. Accessed March 24, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Cancer of unknown primary. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114153/all/Cancer_of_unknown_primary
Zeiger RFR. Cancer of Unknown Primary [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 24]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114153/all/Cancer_of_unknown_primary.
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