Predictors for Benign Solitary Pulmonary Nodule in Tuberculosis - Endemic Area
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Predictors for Benign Solitary Pulmonary Nodule in Tuberculosis-Endemic Area
BACKGROUND Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) may show different presentation in tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries. The aim of this study was to identify clinical and radiological predictors favoring benign or malignant SPN in TB-endemic region. METHODS Two hundred one SPNs in 201 consecutive Korean patients were included (< 3 cm in diameter, all confirmed by pathology or bacteriology, 93 beni...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1226-3303,2005-6648
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2001.16.4.236