title: Pulmonary nodule mimicked by ECG lead artifact.
abstract: Recently, a new ECG lead has been introduced that can mimic a pulmonary nodule to the uninitiated. Alternatively, in those institutions where the lead is commonly seen, physicians may dismiss a real finding on the chest x-ray film as a lead "artifact." We describe the appearance of this new chest wall artifact.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Chicago.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Messersmith
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: MacMahon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*