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Multiple pulmonary nodules that are ≥1 cm in diameter or detected by conventional chest radiography are most likely due to metastatic disease from a malignant solid organ primary tumor | Multiple pulmonary nodules that are ≥1 cm in diameter or detected by conventional chest radiography are most likely due to metastatic disease from a malignant solid organ primary tumor <ref name="pmid10540672">{{cite journal| author=Ginsberg MS, Griff SK, Go BD, Yoo HH, Schwartz LH, Panicek DM| title=Pulmonary nodules resected at video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: etiology in 426 patients. | journal=Radiology | year= 1999 | volume= 213 | issue= 1 | pages= 277-82 | pmid=10540672 | doi=10.1148/radiology.213.1.r99oc08277 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10540672 }} </ref>.<ref name="pmid3861629">{{cite journal| author=Gross BH, Glazer GM, Bookstein FL| title=Multiple pulmonary nodules detected by computed tomography: diagnostic implications. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 1985 | volume= 9 | issue= 5 | pages= 880-5 | pmid=3861629 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3861629 }} </ref> | ||
●Multiple pulmonary nodules that are <5 mm in diameter, juxtaposed to either the visceral pleura or an interlobar fissure, and detected incidentally, are more likely to be benign lesions, such as granulomata, scars, or intraparenchymal lymph nodes <ref name="pmid20177105">{{cite journal| author=Ahn MI, Gleeson TG, Chan IH, McWilliams AM, Macdonald SL, Lam S et al.| title=Perifissural nodules seen at CT screening for lung cancer. | journal=Radiology | year= 2010 | volume= 254 | issue= 3 | pages= 949-56 | pmid=20177105 | doi=10.1148/radiol.09090031 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20177105 }} </ref> | |||
Mycobacterial infections<ref name="pmid19349406">{{cite journal| author=Fabreguet I, Francis F, Lemery M, Choudat L, Papo T, Sacre K| title=A 76-year-old man with multiple pulmonary nodules. | journal=Chest | year= 2009 | volume= 135 | issue= 4 | pages= 1094-7 | pmid=19349406 | doi=10.1378/chest.08-2049 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19349406 }} </ref> | |||
Fungi – Multiple pulmonary nodules may be due to a fungal infection such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, or cryptococcosis. Invasive aspergillosis is likely in immunocompromised hosts. Nodules due to fungal infection tend to be 0.5 to 3 cm in diameter and do not have a predilection for a specific region of the lungs | Fungi – Multiple pulmonary nodules may be due to a fungal infection such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, or cryptococcosis. Invasive aspergillosis is likely in immunocompromised hosts. Nodules due to fungal infection tend to be 0.5 to 3 cm in diameter and do not have a predilection for a specific region of the lungs | ||
Both coal workers' pneumoconiosis and silicosis may evolve into progressive massive fibrosis or conglomerate masses | Both coal workers' pneumoconiosis and silicosis may evolve into progressive massive fibrosis or conglomerate masses |
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Malignant diseases Multiple pulmonary nodules that are ≥1 cm in diameter or detected by conventional chest radiography are most likely due to metastatic disease from a malignant solid organ primary tumor [1].[2]
●Multiple pulmonary nodules that are <5 mm in diameter, juxtaposed to either the visceral pleura or an interlobar fissure, and detected incidentally, are more likely to be benign lesions, such as granulomata, scars, or intraparenchymal lymph nodes [3] Mycobacterial infections[4]
Fungi – Multiple pulmonary nodules may be due to a fungal infection such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, or cryptococcosis. Invasive aspergillosis is likely in immunocompromised hosts. Nodules due to fungal infection tend to be 0.5 to 3 cm in diameter and do not have a predilection for a specific region of the lungs Both coal workers' pneumoconiosis and silicosis may evolve into progressive massive fibrosis or conglomerate masses
References
- ↑ Ginsberg MS, Griff SK, Go BD, Yoo HH, Schwartz LH, Panicek DM (1999). "Pulmonary nodules resected at video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: etiology in 426 patients". Radiology. 213 (1): 277–82. doi:10.1148/radiology.213.1.r99oc08277. PMID 10540672.
- ↑ Gross BH, Glazer GM, Bookstein FL (1985). "Multiple pulmonary nodules detected by computed tomography: diagnostic implications". J Comput Assist Tomogr. 9 (5): 880–5. PMID 3861629.
- ↑ Ahn MI, Gleeson TG, Chan IH, McWilliams AM, Macdonald SL, Lam S; et al. (2010). "Perifissural nodules seen at CT screening for lung cancer". Radiology. 254 (3): 949–56. doi:10.1148/radiol.09090031. PMID 20177105.
- ↑ Fabreguet I, Francis F, Lemery M, Choudat L, Papo T, Sacre K (2009). "A 76-year-old man with multiple pulmonary nodules". Chest. 135 (4): 1094–7. doi:10.1378/chest.08-2049. PMID 19349406.