A 58-year-old Black man with hypertension and diabetes mellitus presents with a growing, solitary nodule on his lower back that has been present for the past year.
Many nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. A lung nodule is an irregular growth in your lungs that has a diameter of less than 30 millimeters (mm), or 1.2 ...
Nodule size is based on average length and width. Nonsolid (ground glass) or partially solid nodules may require longer follow-up. CT: Computed tomography.