Most of the lung nodules do not need to be operated, and a few of them are considered to be malignant and need to be surgically removed.
Lung nodules are dense shadows that are higher than the density of lung tissue found on lung X-ray or CT examination. The nature of the nodules can be preliminarily predicted based on the morphology, density, size, margins of the nodules, clinical symptoms, history of smoking, family history and other clinical information.
Lung nodules include benign lung nodules such as tuberculosis ball, pulmonary fibroma, pulmonary hemangioma, etc. These lung nodules, which grow more slowly or do not grow, and have no obvious invasion of lung tissues, usually do not cause serious symptoms, and the prognosis is also better, without the need for surgical treatment, and dynamic observation can be.
Malignant lung nodules, i.e. lung cancer, generally require surgical treatment for lung nodules that are highly suspected to be malignant or clearly diagnosed as malignant after lung biopsy. Before surgical treatment, clinical staging of lung cancer is required. For metastatic malignant nodules, they are advanced lung cancer, which may no longer have the chance to be operated, and then radiotherapy treatment is required.
If you find lung nodules, it is recommended to seek medical treatment in time and standardize the treatment under the guidance of physician.