Surgery MCQ 18

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A 42-year-old man has a solitary “coin lesion” 2 cm in diameter in the area of the right upper lobe on a routine chest radiograph. Which of the following is/are true?


    1. A previous radiograph from five years prior showing the lesion to be 1.2 cm in diameter indicates malignancy


    2. If a CT scan shows mediastinal adenopathy, mediastinoscopy is preferable to thoracotomy


    3. In the absence of previous radiographs, the lesion should be followed by serial films at 6 month intervals


    4. Calcification in a concentric or “popcorn” configuration denotes a benign lesion


    5. Needle aspiration showing “chronic inflammatory cells” denotes a benign lesion


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