Case 95: When the Nodule is an Island

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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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This 72-years old man presented with a nodule in the right lower zone on a chest radiograph.

Two questions

What do you think this is ?

1. Benign
2. Malignant
3. Indeterminate

And, what would you do next?

1. Lateral radiograph
2. CT scan
3. Surveillance/follow-up

The video runs through the case and discusses the first step in the approach of any such nodule detected incidentally on a chest radiograph.