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A member asked:
What sort of fatal lung diseases could give a sharp, stabbing pain?
6 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Dramatic: A massive pulmonary embolus or pneumothorax could cause sharp pain and be fatal.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Several: Pneumonia pulmonary embolism lung cancer aspiration.
Answered 7/2/2014
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Cancer: Fatal lung disease with sharp stabbing pain is usually lung carcinoma that is involivng the pleural surface of has metastasized to the ribs.
Answered 4/19/2013
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Several: Pneumonia pulmonary embolism lung cancer aspiration.
Answered 12/10/2013
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