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Which sort of fatal lung diseases can give a sharp, stabbing pain?
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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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