Benign or Malignant lesion?

M Vishnu Sharma; B A Karthik

doi:10.51131/IJPCCR/v3i1.21_7

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International Journal of Preclinical and Clinical Research

DOI: 10.51131/IJPCCR/v3i1.21_7

Year: 2022, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-21

Case Report

Benign or Malignant lesion?

M Vishnu Sharma ^{✉ 1} , B A Karthik ²

¹ Professor and Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, A J Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kuntikana, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

² Postgraduate Resident, Department of Respiratory Medicine, A J Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center, Kuntikana, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Corresponding author ✉: [email protected]

Received Date:02 May 2021, Accepted Date:03 September 2021, Published Date:08 April 2022

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Chest radiology is an important investigation in the diagnosis of intrathoracic lesions. Benign and malignant lesions have characteristic radiological appearance. Awareness about these characteristics is essential for further evaluation and diagnosis.

Keywords: Chest radiology feature of benign lesion, Chest radiology feature of malignant lesion, Posterior mediastinal tumor

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© 2022 Sharma & Karthik. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Published By Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka.