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Management of Discrete Pulmonary Nodules

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In the case of a pulmonary nodule on preoperative examination or during postoperative follow-up of breast cancer patients, it can be difficult to distinguish between primary lung cancer, a metastatic pulmonary tumor, and a benign pulmonary lesion. The size, morphology, and number of nodules are helpful parameters for differential diagnoses in many cases, whereas more interventional methods are required to clarify the etiology of progression at follow-up. Benign lesions such as atypical pneumonia, tuberculosis, atypical mycobacteria, inflammatory granuloma, rheumatoid nodules, and atypical bronchoalveolar hyperplasia are also common in immunocompromised patients who underwent multiple cycles of chemotherapy.

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Koc University School of Medicine, Rumeli Feneriyolu-Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey

    Sukru Dilege MD

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vehbi Koc Foundation, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Yusuf Bayrak MD

  3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Serhan Tanju MD

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  1. Inst of Oncology,Ist Tıp Fak, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

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  2. General Surgery, Istanbul Univ Istanbul Fac of Med, Istanbul, Turkey

    Abdullah İgci

  3. Breast Surgery,, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburg, USA

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Dilege, S., Bayrak, Y., Tanju, S. (2016). Management of Discrete Pulmonary Nodules. In: Aydiner, A., İgci, A., Soran, A. (eds) Breast Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26012-9_40

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