Prevalence of lung nodules on computed tomography of patients without known malignant disease
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 55 (658) , 715-716
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-55-658-715
Abstract
The prevalence of lung nodules on computed tomography (CT) of the chest was determined in 100 patients with normal lungs on chest radiography, and no known evidence of malignant disease. No nodule was identified which could not be seen as a calcified lesion on the chest radiograph. Uncalcified lung nodules demonstrable by CT scanning alone are apparently rare in the general population and the finding of such a nodule in a patient known to have malignant disease should be regarded as evidence of a metastasis.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Comparison of computed and conventional whole lung tomography in detecting pulmonary nodules: a prospective radiologic-pathologic studyAmerican Journal of Roentgenology, 1978