The reported surgery involving Pope Leo XIV for a lung nodule has drawn focus to a common scan finding. Doctors say most nodules are benign, but proper risk-based follow-up remains essential.

Pope Leo said on Sunday that doctors had detected a small growth on his lung during a recent health check and he would be undergoing surgery this week to remove ​it, in the ‌first health scare of the…

Pope Leo has said doctors have detected a small growth on his lung during a recent health check and he would be undergoing surgery this week to remove it.