A new computer algorithm is presented to distinguish a special, most probably benign, subclass of lung nodules called perifissural opacities (PFO's), from potentially malignant nodules. The method ...

A new study of more than 10,000 non-smoking adults found that solid lung nodules were present in a considerable portion of study participants. Non-smokers are traditionally thought to be at low ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – An alarming new study finds that many non-smokers are carrying some concerning growths in their lungs, putting their future health at risk.Researchers from the Netherlands have ...

23. de Hoop B, van Ginneken B, Gietema H, Prokop M. Pulmonary perifissural nodules on CT scans: rapid growth is not a predictor of Malignancy. Radiology. (2012) 265:611–6. doi: 10.1148/radiol.12112351 ...

These lymph nodes are usually found at the bifurcation of the bronchi, before the fourth branch, where they are referred to as peribronchial lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are occasionally present within ...

No perifissural nodule was malignant. When the data from the two studies were pooled, the probability of lung cancer in perifissural nodules was zero (0 of 571 nodules; one-sided 97.5% CI, 0 to 0. ...