Lung mass MRI

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2] Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[3]

Overview

There are no characteristic MRI findings associated with lung mass. However, an MRI may be helpful in the assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes and in the diagnosis distant metastasis (malignant lung mass).

MRI

MRI may be helpful in the assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes and in the diagnosis distant metastasis (malignant lung mass).