Thoracic CT Health Article

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Pulmonary nodule, solitary - CT scan
This CT scan shows a single lesion (pulmonary nodule) in the left lung. This nodule is seen as the light circle in the upper portion of the dark area on the left side of the picture. A normal lung would look completely black in a CT scan. Update Date:
09/17/2008
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

CT scan

Thyroid cancer - CT scan

Pulmonary nodule, solitary - CT scan

Lung mass, right upper lobe - CT scan

Bronchial cancer - CT scan

Lung mass, right lung - CT scan

Lung nodule, right lower lung - CT scan

Lung with squamous cell cancer - CT scan

Vertebra, thoracic (mid back)

Normal lung anatomy

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