Core exploration of progress in diagnosis and treatment of solitary pulmonary nodules

Abstract

Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a common imaging manifestation in clinic, which is usually found accidentally during routine physical examination or routine chest imaging examination in hospital due to other diseases. Solitary pulmonary nodules can be either benign or malignant, and the clinical treatment is different for different natures. Therefore, how to evaluate and accurately judge the nature of solitary pulmonary nodules is particularly important for the selection of treatment. This article reviews the literature on evaluation strategies, imaging diagnosis methods and treatment methods of solitary pulmonary nodules in recent years, and summarizes them as follows.