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Imaging approach
❑ Suspected lung cancer

Chest X Ray normal?

No

Yes

Enhanced Computed Tomography (ECT)
❑ Thorax
❑ Upper Abdomen
❑ Low Neck

Manage and observe

Diagnosis and Staging assessment

Peripheral

Peripheral with enlarged nodes

Central

Pleural lesion

What type of margin is involved?
❑ Well defined
❑ Ill-defined
❑ Sclerotic

Is there a periosteal reaction?
❑ Yes
❑ No

What is the size?

Likely benign?

Likely malignant?

Differential diagnosis

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