Author's response to reviews Title: Pathways for definitive diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodule: a multicentre study in 18 French districts Authors:

The Value of LDH Level of BAL Fluid in Differentiating Benign from Malignant Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Background: Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) concentration is an indicator for tissue injury. It may be secreted locally in many conditions. For the first time, this study was performed to investigate the value of LDH level in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in differentiation of benign from malignant single pulmonary nodules (SPNs) and to assess its relationship with serum LDH levels. Met...

Author's response to reviews Title: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy for the rapid diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis Authors:

Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules

The approach to patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules is poorly defined. Should every pulmonary nodule be biopsied, is needle biopsy adequate, and other questions are challenges. Video assisted thoracic surgery or thoracoscopy has added a new diagnostic possibility which is evaluated in this paper. Fifty-five patients underwent thoracoscopy for diagnosis of a solitary pulmonary nodule. ...

The Role of Nuclear Medicine in The Diagnosis and Management of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

  Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a frequent finding on the chest x-ray and computed tomography. Nuclear medicine techniques play an important role in the diagnosis and management of SPN. In the current review, we briefly will explain the different nuclear medicine modalities in this regard including positron emission tomography (PET) using 18-F-FDG, and 11-C-Methionine, and single photon em...

Our experience in the diagnostics and therapy of patients with solitary peripheral lung tumours.

UNLABELLED Patients presenting with a solitary pulmonary nodule are often a serious diagnostic-therapeutic problem. The AIM of the present report is to share our experience with VATS in the diagnostics and therapy of patients with solitary pulmonary nodules. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 2005 and 2009 we performed primary videothoracoscopic tumor resection in 125 patients with peripheral lung ...