Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
"Solitary Pulmonary Nodule" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A single lung lesion that is characterized by a small round mass of tissue, usually less than 1 cm in diameter, and can be detected by chest radiography. A solitary pulmonary nodule can be associated with neoplasm, tuberculosis, cyst, or other anomalies in the lung, the CHEST WALL, or the PLEURA.
| Descriptor ID |
D003074
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.884
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| Concept/Terms |
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule- Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
- Pulmonary Nodule, Solitary
- Nodule, Solitary Pulmonary
- Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
- Nodules, Solitary Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Nodules, Solitary
Pulmonary Coin Lesion- Pulmonary Coin Lesion
- Lesion, Pulmonary Coin
- Lesions, Pulmonary Coin
- Coin Lesions, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Coin Lesions
- Coin Lesion, Pulmonary
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Solitary Pulmonary Nodule" by people in Profiles.
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Mery CM, Pappas AN, Bueno R, Mentzer SJ, Lukanich JM, Sugarbaker DJ, Jaklitsch MT. Relationship between a history of antecedent cancer and the probability of malignancy for a solitary pulmonary nodule. Chest. 2004 Jun; 125(6):2175-81.