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What Does A Lesion In The Chest Indicate?
I am 80 years old,have not smoked in 20 years,have no family history of cancer but on a routine chest xray ordered as part of an annual physcial, the radiologist discovered a dime sized lesion which could be scar tissue or something else.What should be my next step?
Wed, 22 Nov 2017
Hi There
After going through your query I understand your concern.
I would like to tell you that a single round or oval growth in your lungs is called as a solitary pulmonary nodule or a solitary coin lesion generally an accidental finding in chest x-ray or CT chest. Generally it causes no symptoms but should be evaluated for cancerous or non-cancerous nodule.
Kindly get a Biopsy done & consult with a Pulmonologist for further evaluation and Management.
Hope to have been Helpful.
Kind Regards
Dr. Navneet Bansal
After going through your query I understand your concern.
I would like to tell you that a single round or oval growth in your lungs is called as a solitary pulmonary nodule or a solitary coin lesion generally an accidental finding in chest x-ray or CT chest. Generally it causes no symptoms but should be evaluated for cancerous or non-cancerous nodule.
Kindly get a Biopsy done & consult with a Pulmonologist for further evaluation and Management.
Hope to have been Helpful.
Kind Regards
Dr. Navneet Bansal
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