ReviewPediatric radiology2015
The incidental pulmonary nodule in a child. Part 2: Commentary and suggestions for clinical management, risk communication and prevention.
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- Trajectories of pulmonary subsolid nodules in children and adolescents: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.European radiology · 2026Article
- Natural history and clinical characteristics of pulmonary subsolid nodules in pediatric patients: a cohort study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Pediatric lung ground glass nodules: a real-world, large-scale CT cohort analysis.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Pediatric pulmonary nodules: current state of knowledge, AI applications, and future directions.Pediatric radiology · 2026Review
- Imaging features and clinical evaluation of pulmonary nodules in children.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Solitary pulmonary nodule in an early adolescent.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Pulmonary Nodules in Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis: A Case-Series from the National Registry for Childhood Onset Scleroderma (NRCOS).Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Atypical pulmonary metastases in children: the spectrum of radiologic findings.Pediatric radiology · 2021Article
- High-pitch CT, decreasing need for sedation and its potential side effects: some practical considerations and future directions.Pediatric radiology · 2019Article
- Clinical significance of pulmonary nodules detected on abdominal CT in pediatric patients.Pediatric radiology · 2015Article
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8 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The incidental detection of small lung nodules in children is a vexing consequence of an increased reliance on CT. We present an algorithm for the management of lung nodules detected on CT in children, based on the presence or absence of symptoms, the presence or absence of elements in the clinical history that might explain these nodules, and the imaging characteristics of the nodules (such as attenuation measurements within the nodule). We provide suggestions on how to perform a thoughtfully directed and focused search for clinically occult extrathoracic disease processes (including malignant disease) that may present as an incidentally detected lung nodule on CT. This algorithm emphasizes that because of the lack of definitive information on the natural history of small solid nodules that are truly detected incidentally, their clinical management is highly dependent on the caregivers' individual risk tolerance. In addition, we present strategies to reduce the prevalence of these incidental findings, by preventing unnecessary chest CT scans or inadvertent inclusion of portions of the lungs in scans of adjacent body parts. Application of these guidelines provides pediatric radiologists with an important opportunity to practice patient-centered and evidence-based medicine.
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