A 66-year-old man with a 40-pack-per-year history of smoking is investigated for hemoptysis. CXR reveals a central 3-cm mass near the left bronchus. His serum biochemistry is abnormal for elevated calcium, but there is no boney metastasis on the bone scan. Biopsy of the mass is positive for a type of lung cancer associated with paraneoplastic hypercalcemia.For the above patient with lung cancer, select the most likely cell type based on clinical description.: (A) squamous cell carcinoma, (B) adenocarcinoma, (C) large cell carcinoma, (D) small cell carcinoma
Answer is A. Tag: Clinical; Extended MatchingTargetExam: NExTRef: Hypercalcemia may be due to metastatic destruction of bone, ectopic formation of parathyroid hormone, or formation of other osteolytic substances.