Noncontrast chest CT with 1–3 mm collimations through the nodule is necessary in the evaluation of the majority of lung nodules. Three to five slices should be obtained through the nodule to ...

Lung nodules are small growths in your lungs, less than 30 millimeters in diameter. Many nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. A lung nodule is an irregular ...

Our data demonstrate that percutaneous lung biopsy continues to be a relatively safe and accurate method of establishing tissue diagnosis for lung nodules. However, as we aggressively pursue ...

The left upper quadrant (LUQ) is the left upper abdominal region, starting from the chest's middle line to the left side of the ribcage and down to the level of the navel (belly button).

Of the participants in the current study, 56.6% were women (median age 60.4 years), 46.1% were never smokers and 53.9% were ...

About 42% of nonsmokers or former smokers have at least one lung nodule, which is a small mass of dense tissue that may be ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air ... For the ...

The human brain includes two hemispheres connected by a bundle of nerves. The left hemisphere controls movement for the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere directs the left side.

A 75-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and multiple myeloma was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. She had ...