A 43 year old male during the preoperative evaluation of hernia repair is found to have a solitary pulmonary nodule. What is the impoant radiological feature to suggest its benign nature?: (A) Large lesion with calcification, (B) Irregular shape, (C) No calcification, (D) 1 cm lesion with uniform calcification
Answer is D. The impoant radiological characteristics to suggest benign lesion in solitary pulmonary nodule: No growth in follow up imaging in two years and calcification Younger age group Regular shape Normal edge Ref: Lange radiology, Edition - 7, Page - 256.