Diagnostic study on the solitary pulmonary nodule by discriminatory multifactorial analysis.

About 60% of all solitary pulmonary nodules are benign (not cancerous).

About 150,000 new solitary pulmonary nodules are diagnosed each year in the United States.

A solitary pulmonary nodule is usually found on a chest x-ray.

A solitary pulmonary nodule is usually found by your health care professional when a chest x-ray is performed for some other reason.

The work-up in patients with a solitary pulmonary nodule is based on an initial risk assessment.

The following table shows when solitary pulmonary nodule is likely or not likely to be cancer.

Visualized lesions can be described as solitary or multiple nodules.

Lung cancer often appears as a solitary pulmonary nodule on a chest radiograph.

-mostly presents as solitary nodule,sometimes more may be present.