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What's the differennce between chest nodule and intrapulmonary nodule?what's (nodule)smallest size in mm that can be detected by ct scan?
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These are common: Lung(pulmonary) nodules are not uncommon when a Chest X-ray or CT scan are done. A majority of these are benign and are a coincidental finding. Once detected they require monitoring or further testing to rule out early lung Cancer. Your doctor can guide you further and may do a PET scan or monitor the nodule with repeat imaging(CT scan) . A CT scan of the lung can pick up nodules of 5mms and abov
Answered 10/13/2017
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