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Lectures : Solitary
Pulmonary Nodule |
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SPN
Size
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5% of benign pulmonary nodules are larger than 3 cm in size (save
for hydatid cyst)
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Zerhouni
et al. CT of the pulmonary nodule - a national co-operative study.
Radiology 1986;16:319-327
- 35
of 36 lesions greater than 3 cm were malignant
- 42%
of 177 malignant nodules measured less than 2 cm in diam (15%
< 1 cm)
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