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CHEST
Volume 143, Issue 3, Pages 840-846Publisher
AMER COLL CHEST PHYSICIANS
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1487
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In this second part of a two-part series, we describe an algorithmic approach to the diagnosis of the solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN). An essential aspect of the evaluation of SPN is determining the pretest probability of malignancy, taking into account the significant medical history and social habits of the individual patient, as well as morphologic characteristics of the nodule. Because pretest probability plays an important role in determining the next step in the evaluation, we describe various methods the physician may use to make this determination. Subsequently, we outline a simple yet comprehensive algorithm for diagnosing a. SPN, with distinct pathways for the solid and subsolid SPN. CHEST 2013; 143(3):840-846
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