Question 1

what is an effective medicine for apical lung nodule?

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Depends: Depends on what the nodule is? First you need appropriate diagnosis.  This is best by a multidiscipline comprehensive thoracic surgical lung nodule program. If the nodule is a tumor, treatment will depend on type and staging if malignant.

Question 2

what does it mean to have " stable right apical lung enhancing nodule, likely to represent hamartoma"?

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Benign tumor.: There is a nodule in the top of your right lung which appears to be a benign tumor of a type called a hamartoma.  These are absolutely nothing to worry about.

Question 3

what is a lung nodule?

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X-ray spot: It can be anything from an old inactive walled-off TB of fungus infection to a benign tumor to cancer to something as exotic as a dog heartworm that went far astray. Here in kansas, most are old histoplasmosis. But a spot is lung cancer until you & your physician have a reason to think otherwise. Good luck, and be brave.

Question 4

what are the tests for lung nodule?

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Chest CT scan: To search for a lung nodule, chest ct scan is more accurate than a chest xray.  To see if a nodule is cancerous, depending on the size and location in the lung (i.E not dangerously close to the heart or aorta), a ct guided needle biopsy can be performed or a pet/ct scan can be performed.

Question 5

what is a 7 mm noncalcified lung nodule?

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Unknowable: There are a lot of possibilities. It is a density in the lung identified on an x-ray or ct

for a small nodule ct scan follow up at 3-4 months early on can document any growth or change.
If enlarging-remove.
If calcifying it is likely benign and needs nothing done.
In the midwest histoplasmosis can be the cause of single or multiple such findings.

Question 6

what could cause a lung nodule to thicken?

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Growth: If a lung nodule thickens, that means it is growing. Whether this is cancer, infection or anything else, you need to find out.

Question 7

why would a lung nodule grow from 5mm to 9mm?

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Would get checked: A lung nodule is not cancer per se, but it is unusual for a noncancerous nodule to grow. In the setting of smoking, this would be worrisome and require further evaluation.

Question 8

can a lung nodule be caused by sinusitis?

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No: Sinusitis is not typically related to lung nodules.

Question 9

can a teenage smoker get a cancerous lung nodule?

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Lung cancer: It would take longer than a few years of smoking to get lung cancer.  But you can get cancer at any age and sometimes the cancer will spread into the lungs.

Question 10

do you believe that absestos can cause a lung nodule?

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Yes and No: Asbestos can cause scarring of the lungs(Plaques and fibrosis). In that regard a lung nodule could develop , either due to scar or due to lung Cancer. Most patients with lung nodules do not have asbestosis as the cause. So it would be low on my list of causes for a lung nodule..

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