TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
A1  - Fitzpatrick, Meghan E.
A1  - Prendergast, Niall T.
A1  - Rivera-Lebron, Belinda
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
A2  - McQuaid, Kenneth R.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
AB  - A  solitary  pulmonary  nodule,  sometimes  referred  to  as  a  “coin  lesion,”  is  a  less-than-3-cm  isolated,  rounded  opacity  on  chest  imaging  outlined  by  normal  lung  and  not  associated  with  infiltrate,  atelectasis,  or  adenopathy.  Most  are  asymptomatic  and  represent  an  incidental  finding  on  chest  radiography  or  CT  scanning.  The  finding  is  important  because  it  carries  a  significant  risk  of  malignancy.  The  frequency  of  malignancy  in  surgical  series  ranges  from  10%  to  68%  depending  on  patient  population.  Benign  neoplasms,  such  as  hamartomas,  account  for  less  than  5%  of  solitary  nodules  (eFigure  9–15).  Most  benign  nodules  are  infectious  granulomas.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186012871
ER  -