Solitary Pulmonary Nodule (cont.)
Medical Author:
Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Coauthor:
Shehnaz Shaikh, MD
Medical Editor:
Winston W Tan, MD
Medical Editor:
Mary L Windle, PharmD
Medical Editor:
Shreekanth V Karwande, MBBS
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MultimediaMedia file 1: X-ray film of a large, well-circumscribed mass in the periphery of the right upper lobe. The mass was later was determined to be a neurilemoma.
Media type: X-RAY Media file 2: A 1.5-cm coin lesion in the left upper lobe in a patient with prior colonic carcinoma. Transthoracic needle biopsy findings confirmed this to be a metastatic deposit. 
Media type: CT Viewer Comments & ReviewsSolitary Pulmonary Nodule - CauseThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:What was the cause of your solitary pulmonary nodule? |
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Patients with solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) are usually asymptomatic; however, SPNs pose a challenge to both physicians and patients.
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