PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jain, Prasoon
AU  - Kathawalla, Salim A.
AU  - Arroliga, Alejandro C.
TI  - Managing solitary pulmonary nodules
DP  - 1998 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 315--326
VI  - 65
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/6/315.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/6/315.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Jun 01; 65
AB  - A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) on a chest radiograph represents a major diagnostic dilemma. The goals of management are to resect malignant tumors without delay and to avoid unnecessary thoracotomy if the nodule is benign. But because of the difficulty distinguishing benign from malignant nodules, even with advances in imaging techniques, these goals cannot be met in all cases.