title: Early diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules.
abstract: Early detection of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) and early treatment are of great importance. However, patients with early SPNs always do not present with any symptoms or signs, only to demonstrate SPNs in radiology findings. So it is very critical to improve the ability to identify the SPNs, and with the development of sorts of diagnostic modalities, the accuracy in the evaluation of the SPNs has improved greatly. In this paper, the diagnostic methods and techniques of SPNs are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; ; Nanjing Clinical Center of Respiratory Diseases, Nanjing 210029, China;
authors.forename: Chunhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; ; Nanjing Clinical Center of Respiratory Diseases, Nanjing 210029, China;
authors.forename: Keke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; ; Nanjing Clinical Center of Respiratory Diseases, Nanjing 210029, China;
authors.forename: Like
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; ; Nanjing Clinical Center of Respiratory Diseases, Nanjing 210029, China;
authors.forename: Zhibo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; ; Nanjing Clinical Center of Respiratory Diseases, Nanjing 210029, China;
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhan
keywords: Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs); diagnosis; early