Management of the indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodule: a pulmonologist's view.
Management of indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules includes clinical assessment, radiographic examination, and bronchoscopic or transthoracic biopsy. Despite these management techniques, definitive diagnosis often remains elusive. Thoracoscopy offers another diagnostic modality to the algorithm for management of indeterminate nodules.
Pulmonary Medicine Department, Medical City Dallas Hospital, Texas.
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D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013690:Television; D013906:Thoracoscopy