Solitary pulmonary nodule: A diagnostic algorithm in the light of current imaging technique

The solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is frequently seen on chest radiographs and computed tomography (CT). The finding of a SPN usually provokes a flurry of clinical and imaging activity as an SPN in at-risk population is an alert signal of possible lung cancer. The frequency of malignant nodules in...

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Main Authors: Ali Nawaz Khan, Hamdan H Al-Jahdali, Klaus L Irion, Mohammad Arabi, Shyam Sunder Koteyar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-10-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
ct
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.90915