The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove a nodule from his lung. This type of condition is caused by the accumulation of cells of a different origin than normal lung cells. The nodule can be benign or malignant, so it must be evaluated early.
More than half of all solitary pulmonary nodules are noncancerous, benign, and have many causes, including scarring and past infections.
When it is malignant we are before a lung cancer and is mainly caused by tobacco use. The prognosis of the disease when diagnosed in the early stages is very good, since the resection surgery can cure the disease, point out from the University Clinic of Navarra.
pulmonary nodules are usually asymptomatic. It is almost always found on an X-ray or CT scan of the chest that is done for other symptoms or reasons.
Therefore, in patients with certain risk factors (current or past smokinghistory of cancer or occupational risk factors for cancer such as exposure to asbestos), periodic reviews with a specialist in Pulmonology are recommended.
Most lung cancers only cause symptoms after they have spread. However, some people with early-stage lung cancer can.
Las warning signs The most common symptoms of this condition are a cough that does not go away or gets worse, coughing up blood or sputum (spit or phlegm) the color of rusty metal, chest pain that often gets worse when you breathe deeply, cough, or laugh; hoarseness, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss, shortness of breath, tiredness or weakness, infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia that do not go away or keep coming back; new chest wheeze.