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Case 86: A Growing Cavitated Nodule
Growing lung nodules cannot be ignored and have to be followed-up or biopsied or resected.
Table of Contents
Index and Table of Contents
Technical and Practice Issues * Case 11: 62-years old misdiagnosed to have interstitial lung disease - mid-inspiratory and expiratory scans * Snippet 03: Radiation risk and CT chest * Case 23: 60-years old - 40-pack years smoker - right upper lobe nodule - resolved using “mean” reconstructions…
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Case
This 55-years old patient operated in the past for carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater presented with an incidental cavitated lung nodule on a CT abdomen in Jan.
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In March, the lesion was unchanged in size but the morphology had altered.
The rest of the case discusses the approach of a growing nodule and what the final diagnosis was in this patient and how it was achieved.
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