Diseases

Multiple Pulmonary Nodules

A number of small lung lesions characterized by small round masses of 2- to 3-mm in diameter. They are usually detected by chest CT scans (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY). Such nodules can be associated with metastases of malignancies inside or outside the lung, benign granulomas, or other lesions.

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A number of small lung lesions characterized by small round masses of 2- to 3-mm in diameter. They are usually detected by chest CT scans (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY). Such nodules can be associated with metastases of malignancies inside or outside the lung, benign granulomas, or other lesions.

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  • Multiple Pulmonary Nodule
  • Pulmonary Nodule, Multiple
  • Pulmonary Nodules, Multiple

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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if neoplastic, coordinate with LUNG NEOPLASMS; if non-neoplastic, do not coordinate with LUNG DISEASES

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2009

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Multiple Pulmonary Nodules. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055613. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055613
  2. Multiple Pulmonary Nodules. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54972627