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Have chronic cough, small 4mm nodule. 3.3cm soft density tissue in anterior mediastinum. etiologies residual thymus,thymoma,lymphoma. should i worry?
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Yes: A 3.3 cm. nodule needs close follow-up although it may well turn out to be benign. You need to consult a pulmonologist re. the cause of your chronic cough and conditions such as asthma and Tb need be ruled out.
Answered 6/29/2014
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Probably not, but: Chronic cough in a non-smoker is never normal. I doubt that it is connected to the radiological findings. Based on the sizes of the findings I suspect you had a CT scan. See a pulmonary doctor to sort out things, both for the cough and the radiological findings.
Answered 6/29/2014
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