Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
"Multiple Pulmonary Nodules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A number of small lung lesions characterized by small round masses of 2- to 3-mm in diameter. They are usually detected by chest CT scans (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY). Such nodules can be associated with metastases of malignancies inside or outside the lung, benign granulomas, or other lesions.
| Descriptor ID |
D055613
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.894.797.520.237 C08.381.540.148 C08.785.520.148
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| Concept/Terms |
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules- Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
- Multiple Pulmonary Nodule
- Pulmonary Nodule, Multiple
- Pulmonary Nodules, Multiple
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