Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
"Multiple Pulmonary Nodules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A number of small lung lesions characterized by small round masses of 2- to 3-mm in diameter. They are usually detected by chest CT scans (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY). Such nodules can be associated with metastases of malignancies inside or outside the lung, benign granulomas, or other lesions.
| Descriptor ID |
D055613
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.894.797.520.237 C08.381.540.148 C08.785.520.148
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| Concept/Terms |
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules- Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
- Multiple Pulmonary Nodule
- Pulmonary Nodule, Multiple
- Pulmonary Nodules, Multiple
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Multiple Pulmonary Nodules" by people in Profiles.
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Fleischner Society Guideline Recommendations for Incidentally Detected Pulmonary Nodules and the Probability of Lung Cancer. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Nov; 19(11):1226-1235.
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Management of Lung Nodules and Lung Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic: CHEST Expert Panel Report. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Jul; 17(7):845-854.
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Management of Lung Nodules and Lung Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic: CHEST Expert Panel Report. Chest. 2020 07; 158(1):406-415.
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Methods for the Watch the Spot Trial. A Pragmatic Trial of More- versus Less-Intensive Strategies for Active Surveillance of Small Pulmonary Nodules. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 12; 16(12):1567-1576.
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Clinical Equipoise and Shared Decision-making in Pulmonary Nodule Management. A Survey of American Thoracic Society Clinicians. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Jun; 14(6):968-975.
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Physician Assessment of Pretest Probability of Malignancy and Adherence With Guidelines for Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation. Chest. 2017 08; 152(2):263-270.
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Patients' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Distress Associated with Detection and Evaluation of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules for Cancer: Results from a Multicenter Survey. J Thorac Oncol. 2016 05; 11(5):700-708.
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Management of Pulmonary Nodules by Community Pulmonologists: A Multicenter Observational Study. Chest. 2015 Dec; 148(6):1405-1414.
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Recent Trends in the Identification of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov 15; 192(10):1208-14.
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An official American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians policy statement: the Choosing Wisely top five list in adult pulmonary medicine. Chest. 2014 Jun; 145(6):1383-1391.