Abstract
The solitary pulmonary nodule is by far the most common abnormality detected by whole-body screening MRI. Published data suggest that up to 69 % of asymptomatic smokers without a history of cancer have noncalcified pulmonary nodules on screening CT scans (Swensen et al. 2003).
Keywords
- Pulmonary Nodule
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
- Supraclavicular Lymph Node
- Generalize Lymphadenopathy
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Rosenberg, C. (2014). The Chest. In: Puls, R., Hosten, N. (eds) Whole-body MRI Screening. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55201-4_6
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