Radiographically Detected Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Solitary Pulmonary Nodule American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Radiographically Detected Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Variant 1: Solid nodule 1 cm, low clinical suspicion for cancer. Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* CT chest without contrast 8 To detect occult calcifications, fat, bronchus sign, etc. ☢☢☢ FDG-PET/CT whole body 8 If nodule is indeterminate on HRCT. ☢☢☢☢ Transthoracic needle biopsy 8 If nodule shows contrast enhancement or PET scan is positive. Varies CT chest with contrast 6 Probably not indicated if PET is performed. ☢☢☢ CT chest without and with contrast 6 Can look at washout. ☢☢☢ Watchful waiting with CT follow-up 4 Reasonable at short interval. Varies MRI chest without contrast 2 Limited data. O MRI chest without and with contrast 2 Limited data. O
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