Pulmonary nodule with burr

Pulmonary nodules are a problem that many people are worried about. Now more and more people find nodules in the lungs, so some people can't sleep at night. Once you find a nodule in your chest, you think you have lung cancer and you can't cure it. Especially after reading the online introduction, it is said that it is a bad disease to have burrs around lung nodules, and the possibility of tumors is very high. In fact, there is no need to worry, especially the nodules smaller than 5mm, which are often benign if they have burrs in time. So,

What is burr?

The long burr of lung nodules is indeed an important manifestation of lung cancer. The so-called burr is that there are some small protrusions around the lung nodules, which look like tentacles extending around. On the nodules formed by lung cancer, the surrounding blood vessels are mostly concentrated like nodules, providing nutrition for the tumor. Sometimes, the tentacles formed by the vanguard troops growing around the nodules will also form burrs. Burr is the most common in lung cancer, but it doesn't necessarily mean tumor.