Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

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Treatment


The treatment for SPNs depends on the risk for malignancy. If the patient opts for surgery, a single surgical procedure is used to diagnose and remove the SPN.


If the patient is healthy enough to have surgery, the nodule should be surgically removed, unless:

the calcification is typical of a benign nodule; and
there is no radiological change in the size of the nodule for 2 years; and
the patient is not at high risk for lung cancer


Studies have shown that the ...Read the full article