Thoracic CT Health Article

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Illustrations
Bronchial cancer - CT scan
This chest CT scan shows a cross-section of a person with bronchial cancer. The two dark areas are the lungs. The light areas within the lungs represent the cancer. Update Date:
09/04/2008 Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. 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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