›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (8): 585-.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-3606.2017.08.006

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Clinical characteristics and etiological analysis of lung nodules in 98 children 

 LI Jiao, YOU Jingyi, PENG Lu, HU Jing, GAO Ya, SHU Chang   

  1. Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics. Chongqing 400014, China
  • Received:2017-08-15 Online:2017-08-15 Published:2017-08-15

Abstract: Objective To analyze the clinical features and common etiology of lung nodules in children. Methods  The etiology, diagnosis, radiological features from 98 hospitalized children of lung nodules were analyzed. Results Of them, 58 were male and 40 were female aged from 0.2 years old to 14.8 years old. Pulmonary infection were found in 41 cases (41.8%) including tuberculosis in 15 cases (15.3%), pulmonary fungal infection in 13 cases (13.3%), pneumonia in 11 cases (11.2%), lung trematode in 2 cases (2.0%). Pulmonary metastases were found in 28 cases (28.6%), multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in 1 case (1.0%), and pulmonary contusion in 1 case (1.0%) and unknown etiology in 27 cases (27.6%). Conclusions The etiology of lung nodules is complicated, in which infectious diseases are the most commonly seen, followed by pulmonary metastases. Biopsy is the golden standard of diagnosis.