title: The solitary pulmonary nodule.
abstract: This article provides background information about the solitary pulmonary nodule in terms of statistics, conventional radiology, and recent attempts to apply CT to distinguishing benign from malignant nodules. A proposed scheme for analysis of the nodule is offered.
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed