Diseases

Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

A single lung lesion that is characterized by a small round mass of tissue, usually less than 1 cm in diameter, and can be detected by chest radiography. A solitary pulmonary nodule can be associated with neoplasm, tuberculosis, cyst, or other anomalies in the lung, the CHEST WALL, or the PLEURA.

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A single lung lesion that is characterized by a small round mass of tissue, usually less than 1 cm in diameter, and can be detected by chest radiography. A solitary pulmonary nodule can be associated with neoplasm, tuberculosis, cyst, or other anomalies in the lung, the CHEST WALL, or the PLEURA.

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14 entry terms
  • Nodule, Solitary Pulmonary
  • Nodules, Solitary Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Nodule, Solitary
  • Pulmonary Nodules, Solitary
  • Solitary Lung Nodule
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
  • Lung Nodule, Solitary
  • Nodule, Solitary Lung
  • Solitary Lung Nodules
  • Coin Lesion, Pulmonary
  • Coin Lesions, Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Coin Lesion
  • Pulmonary Coin Lesions
  • Lesion, Pulmonary Coin

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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 (1965)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003074. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003074
  2. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_nodule
  3. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1877474