title: The solitary pulmonary nodule: a recent military experience.
abstract: During a 5-year period from 1983 to 1987, a total of 226 thoracotomies were performed at David Grant USAF Medical Center. Within this group, 62 patients (27%) had resection of a solitary pulmonary nodule. Fifty percent of the resected nodules were subsequently proven malignant, with 27 of 62 (43%) having a primary lung carcinoma. From 1958 to 1963, the Veterans Administration Armed Forces Cooperative Study evaluated a total of 1,134 patients with asymptomatic solitary pulmonary nodules. The data generated from that report has become the standard within the literature. We compared our recent 5-year experience to that data. The primary difference found in our series was an increase in solitary pulmonary nodules in our female population.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, California 94535-5300.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lovich
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ostrow
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Samples
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kline
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy