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Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

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Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) are surrounded by normal lung parenchyma and are not associated with atelectasis or hilar enlargement. In the past, lesions as large as 6 cm were classified as SPN, but now an appreciation that lesions > 3 cm are almost always malignant has led to the belief that a 3 cm cutoff may be more useful. Lesions > 3 cm are sometimes referred to as solitary mass lesions. They are most often found on routine CXR (incidence 0.1–2%) and are usually asymptomatic.

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Esposito, D. (1998). Solitary Pulmonary Nodules. In: Millikan, K.W., Saclarides, T.J. (eds) Common Surgical Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2945-0_82

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