Multiple pulmonary nodules >5 mm (differential diagnosis)

Last revised by Rohit Sharma on 10 Jul 2022

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Citation:

Ayesa S, Sharma R, Multiple pulmonary nodules >5 mm (differential diagnosis). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 07 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-148866

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https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-148866

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/148866?iframe=true

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148866

Article created:

10 Jul 2022, Sally Ayesa ◉

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At the time the article was created Sally Ayesa had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

10 Jul 2022, Rohit Sharma ◉

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2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Synonyms:

Multiple pulmonary masses

The differential diagnosis of multiple larger pulmonary nodules (>5 mm) is broad, but includes:

neoplastic:
- metastases (most common)
- lymphoma
- synchronous primary lung cancers
infections:
inflammatory/immune:
- granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- rheumatoid pulmonary nodules
- sarcoidosis (less common pattern)
- organizing pneumonia
- nodular pulmonary amyloidosis
vascular:
- pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
  - often associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia

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