You'll have joint swelling and pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis before pulmonary nodules develop. Most SPNs show up when patients need a chest X-ray or CT scan for another condition.

The nodules can also be caused by air pollution, fungal infections and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In ...

The widespread utilization of chest CT scans has increased the importance of the proper evaluation of incidentally found lung nodules. The primary goal in the evaluation of these nodules is to ...