Fleischner Society pulmonary nodule recommendations
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The Fleischner society pulmonary nodule recommendations are for the follow-up and management of pulmonary nodules smaller than 8 mm detected incidentally in patients >35 years on non-screening CT.
Solid nodules
Nodule size: less than or equal to 4 mm
- low risk patients: no follow-up needed
- high risk patients: follow-up at 12 months and if no change, no further imaging needed
Nodule size: > 4-6 mm
- low risk patients: follow-up at 12 months and if no change, no further imaging needed
- high risk patients: initial follow-up CT at 6-12 months and then at 18-24 months if no change
Nodule size: > 6-8 mm
- low risk patients: initial follow-up CT at 6-12 months and then at 18-24 months if no change
- high risk patients: initial follow-up CT at 3-6 months and then at 9-12 and 24 months if no change
Nodule size: > 8 mm
- either low or high risk patients
- follow-up CTs at around 3, 9, and 24 months
- dynamic contrast enhanced CT, PET, and/or biopsy
Note: newly detected indeterminate nodule in persons 35 years of age or older.
- low risk patients: minimal or absent history of smoking and or other known risk factors
- high risk patients: history of smoking or of other known risk factors (e.g. first degree relative with lung cancer, or exposure to asbestos, radon, uranium)
- if a nodule up to 8 mm is partly solid or is ground glass further follow up is required after 24 months to exclude possible slow growing adenocarcinoma (BAC)
Sub solid nodules
Solitary pure ground-glass nodules 2
- nodule size ≤ 5mm
- no CT follow up required
- nodule size > 5mm
- follow up CT at 3 months, then annual CT for at least 3 years
Solitary part-solid nodules 2
- initial follow-up CT at 3 months
- if persistent and solid component <5mm
- annual CT for at least 3 years
- if persistent and solid component ≥ 5mm
- biopsy or surgical resection
Multiple subsolid nodules
- pure ground glass nodules ≤ 5mm
- CT at 2 and 4 years
- pure ground glass nodules >5mm, without a dominant lesion(s)
- initial follow-up CT at 3 months, than annual CT for at least 3 years
- dominant nodule(s) with part-solid or solid component
- initial follow-up CT at 3 months
- if persistent, biopsy or surgical resection (especially if has >5mm solid component).
See also
-</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/incidental-lung-nodules-1">incidental lung nodules</a></li></ul>- +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/incidental-lung-nodules-1">incidental lung nodules</a></li>
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- +<a title="British Thoracic Society guidelines for pulmonary nodules" href="/articles/british-thoracic-society-guidelines-for-pulmonary-nodules-1">British thoracic society guidelines for pulmonary nodules</a> (2015)</li>
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