• Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China;
JIANGGe-ning, Email: jgnwp@hotmail.com
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With widespread utilization of multi-slice helical computed tomography (CT) and low-dose CT in lung cancer screening, significantly greater incidence of patients with solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) has been found. Once SPN is discovered, it is very difficult to immediately determine whether it is benign or malignant in clinical practice. In this review, SPN etiology, epidemiological characteristics of SPN patients, nodule size, morphology, location and growth rate, mathematical models for predicting malignancy of SPN, and diagnostic value of positron emission tomography (PET) and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) are summarized to provide reference for differential diagnosis of SPN. Current management strategies for SPN are also discussed in this review. According to whether SPN diameter is greater than 8 mm, whether SPN patients are advanced aged, have smoking or malignancy history, different follow-up and treatment strategies can be chosen. The diagnostic and treatment value of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for SPN is also discussed.

Citation: LIUMing, JIANGGe-ning. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014, 21(1): 102-106. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20140028 Copy

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