nodule
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Leo himself announced the news of his operation during his weekly Sunday prayers, telling the crowd in St Peter's Square that doctors had found a nodule on his lung.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, or small growth of tissue in the lung, marks the 71-year-old's first hospitalisation since he became head of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
At a recent health checkup, doctors had discovered a small nodule in the 71-year-old pontiff’s lung, known as adenocarcinoma.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
He said the nodule was detected at “a very early stage” and that his doctors had recommended surgery to remove it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Right,” he said, and gripped a golden nodule that protruded from the trunk.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Most pulmonary nodules are benign, or non-cancerous, but a small percentage can be an early indication of lung cancer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Tyler suffered nodules on her vocal cords and underwent surgery to remove them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"It was her leg which was stuck within a rock cleft, and there was some space around the side of it and also nodules of rock which were stopping it from coming out," Rees said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The rover also spotted small, bumpy structures called nodules.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
The nitrogen-fixing rhizobia in root nodules, the mycetomes of insects, and the enzyme-producing colonies in the digestive tracts of many animals are variations of this meticulously symmetrical symbiosis.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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