Picture this: Your doctor orders an imaging test like a chest X-ray in preparation for an upcoming procedure, and the results show a small white spot in the center of your lungs—a pulmonary or lung ...

Nodule and lipoma formation can occur rarely after an intramuscular influenza vaccination, particularly when administered ...

What Are Benign Lung Nodules and Benign Lung Tumors? A nodule is a "spot on the lung," seen on an X-ray or computed tomography (CT) scan. In fact, a nodule shows up on about one in every 500 chest ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Shortness of breath and chest pain could be signs of lung nodules. Most of the time lung nodules are found by accident, or incidentally, during an X-ray or CT scan for something ...

A single session of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of symptomatic but benign solid thyroid nodules "appeared efficacious and safe" compared with hemithyroidectomy, researchers say ...

The thyroid gland produces two thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and releases them as needed by the body. The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland help control the thyroid ...

Micronodular cirrhosis is a type of cirrhosis that forms small nodules due to liver scarring. This can prevent your liver from functioning properly and cause a range of complications. Cirrhosis ...

BOSTON -- Location of a thyroid nodule may help predict whether or not it's malignant, researchers reported here. In a late-breaking abstract presented at the annual meeting of the American ...

The vocal cords are two thin and flexible bands of muscle tissue which run from front to back inside the larynx, just above the opening of the trachea. Lesions of the vocal cords are one of the most ...