Unusual pulmonary lesions – A series of rare cases

In thoracic imaging, mass means any pulmonary, pleural, or mediastinal lesion more than 3 cm in diameter (without regard to contour, border, or density characteristics). Nodule means rounded opacity, well or poorly defined, measuring up to 3 cm in diameter. We report 4 rare cases – presented as mass...

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Main Authors: Rama Saha, Aruna Bhattacharya, Joydip Deb, Pamela Nayak, Sumit Ranjan Pramanik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001970
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Summary:In thoracic imaging, mass means any pulmonary, pleural, or mediastinal lesion more than 3 cm in diameter (without regard to contour, border, or density characteristics). Nodule means rounded opacity, well or poorly defined, measuring up to 3 cm in diameter. We report 4 rare cases – presented as mass or nodular lesion in chest imaging.
ISSN:0422-7638