Incidental perifissural nodules on routine chest computed tomography: lung cancer or not?

OBJECTIVES: Perifissural nodules (PFNs) are a common finding on chest CT, and are thought to represent non-malignant lesions. However, data outside a lung cancer-screening setting are currently lacking. METHODS: In a nested case-control design, out of a total cohort of 16,850 patients ≥ 40 years of...

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Published in:Eur Radiol
Main Authors: Mets, Onno M., Chung, Kaman, Scholten, Ernst Th., Veldhuis, Wouter B., Prokop, M., van Ginneken, Bram, Schaefer-Prokop, Cornelia M., de Jong, Pim A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Computed Tomography
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811588/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28986629
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-017-5055-x
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