CT characterization of different pathologic types of subcentimeter pulmonary ground-glass nodular lesions.

CONCLUSIONS:: For subcentimeter nodules, mixed GGNs with vacuoles, well-defined border, combined with Type III or Type IV GGN-vessel relationship may strongly suggest malignant. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE:: Previous studies mainly focused on CT diagnosis of pulmonary nodules(≤ 3  cm in diameter), but this study focused on ground-glass nodules less than 10  mm in diameter, which had not been fully studied. For subcentimeter nodules, mixed GGNs with vacuoles, well-defined border, especially the GGN-vessel relationship manifest as Type III (distorted/dilated) or Type IV (complicated) may strongly suggest malignant. PMID: 30260240 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research