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Prevalence and risk factors of lung nodules in a non-smoking Chinese population: a prospective study of low-dose computed tomography screening [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineBackground Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has significantly improved early detection of lung cancer, especially among high-risk populations. However, the risk factors and lung nodule distributions in non-smoking populations remain underexplored ...
Wei Tang +11 more
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Traumatic rib fracture patterns associated with bone mineral density statuses derived from CT images
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 BackgroundThe impact of decreased bone mineral density (BMD) on traumatic rib fractures remains unknown. We combined computed tomography (CT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to measure BMD and explore its impact on traumatic rib fractures and their ...
Yilin Tang +7 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 ObjectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in NSCLC.MethodsWe retrospectively collected data for NSCLC patients who received thoracic surgery after ...
Jun Zeng +23 more
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Factors and potential treatments of cough after pulmonary resection: A systematic review
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2021 Cough is a common complication following pulmonary resection. Persistent and severe cough after pulmonary resection can cause significant impairments in quality of life among postoperative patients. Complications of cough can be life-threatening.
Xin Li +6 more
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Diagnostics, 2021 Lung nodules are frequent findings in chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with metastatic melanoma. In this study, we assessed the frequency and compared morphologic differences of metastases and benign nodules.
Simone Alexandra Stadelmann +7 more
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BMJ Case Reports, 2015 A 61-year-old woman was under treatment with a combination of methotrexate and leflunomide for seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for the past 6 years. She presented to us 6 months earlier with grade 1 dyspnoea of 3-month duration. She was a non-smoker. On evaluation, her vitals, and respiratory and cardiovascular system were normal.
Parikshit, Sagdeo +3 more
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A quantitative evaluation of lung nodule spiculation based on image enhancement
IET Image Processing, 2023 Lung cancer manifests itself as lung nodules at an early stage. Segmentation of lung nodules and quantitative evaluation of spiculation can assist physicians in distinguishing benign and malignant lung nodules. The identification of malignant nodules for
Juliang Tao, Yongli Wang, Xiaoyun Ding
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BMJ Case Reports, 2019 A 54-year-old Caucasian man presented to the emergency department complaining of worsening productive cough, weight loss and left-sided chest pain lasting 1 month. He did not have a fever. He had a medical history of HIV diagnosed 22 years ago and had not been receiving any antiretroviral ...
Emad, Abu Sitta +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 This study evaluated how often clinically significant lung nodules were detected unexpectedly on chest radiographs (CXR) by artificial intelligence (AI)—based detection software, and whether co-existing findings can aid in differential diagnosis of lung ...
Shin Hye Hwang +4 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2023 Background: Coccidioidomycosis (cocci) is an endemic fungal disease that can cause asymptomatic or post-symptomatic lung nodules which are visible on chest CT scanning. Lung nodules are common and can represent early lung cancer.
Michael W. Peterson +4 more
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