RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing solitary pulmonary nodules
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 315
OP 326
VO 65
IS 6
A1 Jain, Prasoon
A1 Kathawalla, Salim A.
A1 Arroliga, Alejandro C.
YR 1998
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/6/315.abstract
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.