Thin-section CT findings in peripheral lung cancer of 3 cm or smaller: are there any characteristic features for predicting tumor histology or do they depend only on tumor size?

CONCLUSION: Air bronchogram on thin-section CT is characteristic feature of solid adenocarcinoma of the lung. However, other thin-section CT findings are irrelevant to tumor histology and related only to tumor size.
PMID: 23926233 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Radiologica - August 7, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Jiang B, Takashima S, Miyake C, Hakucho T, Takahashi Y, Morimoto D, Numasaki H, Nakanishi K, Tomita Y, Higashiyama M Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research