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A 55 yr old male with persistent cough, CXR shows a coin lesion. whats the chance of it being malignant?
a) 30%
b) 50%
c) 80%
d) 100%
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| Delusional
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Does he smoke ...how big is the coin lesion?
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| bikram
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ans is80%
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| Delusional
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Yes the answer is 80% if the patient smokes and it gets even higher the more and longer he or she smokes but for a non smoker with a coin lesion below 2 cm then the risk is only 50 %.
A 2 cm lesion is called a solitary pulmonary nodule...what is the 3 cm lesion called?
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bikram u r right
this is a big coin lesion >6 cm, n the risk is 80% without smoking. if he smokes, the risk is even higher
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| Delusional
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yes it is just that u didn't mention how big it is....6 cm is humongous......hehe
I guess it had to be cancer.....
But i am sure that an incidetal solitary pulmonary nodule that means less than 2.5 cm has an approximate 50% chance of being malignant in patients >60 years of age ...
then u bring up other criteria....
shape, site, calcification ...etc... to raise or lower the percentage....
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