CNN says: "Ginsburg had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung Friday:
But the statement termed it a : "pulmonary lobectomy".
Definition: Each lung is made up of 2 or 3 sections called lobes. A lobectomy is the surgical removal of one of these sections from the lung.
That sounds far more serious than the removal of a nodule from one of the lobes.
Can a person with experience on this clarify that possible conflict?
The term lobectomy is commonly used for removing part of a lobe, as well as a whole lobe, so we can’t tell just from the use of that word.
Nonetheless, with three broken ribs and surgery on a lung, breathing is going to be restricted, with risk of pneumonia and reduced general vigor.
The word malignant however, is very significant. The statement that no further treatment is planned is also kind of grim, but not unreasonable for someone her age.