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Pulmonary Coin Lesion : Treatments

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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Excision of Lesion of Lung

Treatments Overview Articles

Solitary pulmonary nodule
Ask your doctor about the risks of a biopsy versus monitoring the size of the nodule with regular x-rays. Reasons for a biopsy or removing the nodule may include:SmokingThe nodule size has grown compared to earlier x-raysA CT scan suggests the les...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 10, 2008

Specific Treatments Articles

Thoracoscopy
Thoracoscopy is often used to repair a collapsed lung; to examine, biopsy, and stage a mass in the lung; or to drain fluid from around the lungs. During thoracoscopy, your surgeon can look into your chest and perform procedures through small incisions in the chest wall. If a thoracoscopy can't be continued, a thoracotomy (open procedure) may be necessary.
Source:StayWell
Thoracoscopy
Thoracoscopy is the insertion of an endoscope, a narrow diameter tube with a viewing mirror or camera.Thoracoscopy is a procedure in which a physician can view the chest cavity and the lungs by inserting an endoscope through the chest wall. Thorac...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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