Symptom Finder - Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE
A 56-year-old black male comes to the office for a routine yearly physical. His examination and laboratory studies are unremarkable, but a chest x-ray shows a 3-cm nodule in his right upper lobe. What possibilities should be considered in the differential diagnosis?
1. Bronchogenic neoplasm
2. Metastatic cancer
3. Bronchial adenoma
4. Tuberculosis
5. Lymphoma
6. Amyloidosis
7. Hamartoma
8. Histoplasmosis or other fungal disease
9. Rheumatoid nodule
10. Wegener granulomatosis
11. Sarcoidosis
12. Pulmonary embolism
13. Collagen disease
14. Parasite infestation
A 56-year-old black male comes to the office for a routine yearly physical. His examination and laboratory studies are unremarkable, but a chest x-ray shows a 3-cm nodule in his right upper lobe. What possibilities should be considered in the differential diagnosis?
1. Bronchogenic neoplasm
2. Metastatic cancer
3. Bronchial adenoma
4. Tuberculosis
5. Lymphoma
6. Amyloidosis
7. Hamartoma
8. Histoplasmosis or other fungal disease
9. Rheumatoid nodule
10. Wegener granulomatosis
11. Sarcoidosis
12. Pulmonary embolism
13. Collagen disease
14. Parasite infestation
