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Background:It is critical to have an accurate measurement of solid tumor size in order to predict the invasiveness of small lung adenocarcinomas. Some lesions cannot be measured accurately via High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) due to their irregular shape and unclear borders. For this reason, we evaluated the relative efficacy of three-dimensional (3D) CT for predicting invasive adenocarcinoma. Methods:We evaluated 195 patients with clinical stage IA adenocarcinomas, including 109 with lesions documented as invasive that were surgically resected at our institute during 2017. All lesions were categorized as either (I) lesions that were difficult to evaluate (i.e., hazy lesions; HL) or (II) more typical lesions (TL). The relationships between solid tumor size as determined by HRCT, solid tumor volume as determined by 3D CT and pathologic diagnosis were evaluated. Results:Fifty-seven patients (29%) were diagnosed with HL. We set the cut-off value for the solid volume at 225 mm3 as predictive for invasive adenocarcinoma. When evaluating all 195 patients as a group, the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity based on the solid tumor volume were similar to those based on the solid tumor size. When we limit our analysis to the HL group, the specificity based on solid tumor volume (65.5%) was higher than that based on solid tumor size (44.8%) with a difference that approached statistical significance (P=0.070). Conclusions:3D CT was equivalent to HRCT for predicting invasive adenocarcinoma and may be particularly useful for diagnosing lesions that are difficult to evaluate on HRCT.
journal_name
J Thorac Disjournal_title
Journal of thoracic diseaseauthors
Kawaguchi Y,Nakao M,Omura K,Iwamoto N,Ozawa H,Kondo Y,Ichinose J,Matsuura Y,Okumura S,Mun Mdoi
10.21037/jtd-20-2131subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-12-01 00:00:00pages
7218-7226issue
12eissn
2072-1439issn
2077-6624pii
jtd-12-12-7218journal_volume
12pub_type
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