Article1 September 1952THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF ASYMPTOMATIC ISOLATED INTRATHORACIC NODULESSIDNEY E. WOLPAW, M.D., F.A.C.P.SIDNEY E. WOLPAW, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-3-489 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMass chest x-ray surveys, originally intended to detect early pulmonary tuberculosis, have also revealed that other intrathoracic lesions may be found with some degree of frequency in apparently healthy people. Particularly significant is the knowledge, now commonplace among chest physicians and thoracic surgeons, that in their early development many of these lesions are silent, the patient entirely unaware of their existence because symptoms are lacking. Even the most adept diagnostician is often unable to elicit their presence by the ordinary methods of physical examination. A varied assortment of symptomless intrathoracic conditions has been discovered in this manner. In this group...Bibliography1. FreedlanderWolpawMendelsohn SOSEHJ: Surgical experience with asymptomatic intrathoracic growths, Radiology 55: 700, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. O'BrienTuttleFerkaney EJWMJE: The management of the pulmonary "coin" lesion, S. Clin. North America 28: 1313, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Effler DB: Solitary lung tumors, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 63: 252, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. AbelesEhrlich HD: Single, circumscribed, intrathoracic densities, New England J. Med. 244: 85, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 22, 1952.From the Departments of Medicine, Cleveland City and Mt. Sinai Hospitals, and the Western Reserve University School of Medicine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAn analysis of 155 solitary lung lesions illustrating the differential diagnosis of mixed tumours of the lungSolitary or “Coin” Lesions of the LungThe problem of circumscribed lung opacitiesEXFOLIATIVE CYTOLOGY IN SOLITARY PERIPHERAL LESIONS OF THE LUNGSThe solitary pulmonary noduleRundherde der LungePulmonary Metastasis from Occult Primary Sites Resembling Bronchogenic CarcinomaTHE SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULEThe Diagnostic Problem of Peripheral Pulmonary LesionsPulmonary “coin” lesionsBenign tumors of the bronchus and lungDiagnosis and Treatment of Solitary Circumscribed Nodules of the LungThe Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Disease 1 September 1952Volume 37, Issue 3Page: 489-505KeywordsHealth surveysHospital medicineLesionsSurgeonsThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...