Chest wall nodules are not necessarily metastatic, but may also be lung infection, tuberculosis, pleural inflammation, which needs to be determined based on the presence or absence of a primary tumor, as well as examination.
Chest wall nodules are usually considered to have internal chest infection or malignant tumor. The most common causes of chest wall nodules are lung infection, pulmonary tuberculosis, lung tumor, pleurisy, interstitial lung tumor and so on.
Therefore, once there is a chest wall nodule, it is necessary to carry out imaging examination, such as chest CT, etc., and if necessary, it can be clarified through pathological puncture to take tissue laboratory tests.
Whether it is metastasis needs to check whether there are other parts of the tumor, once there are other parts of the tumor and chest nodules, need to carry out pathological examination as soon as possible to exclude metastasis, and actively target the primary tumor for treatment.