The Correlation between Radiologic Findings and Clinicopathological Prognostic Factors in Small Peripheral Adenocarcinoma of Lung.
- Author:
Jae Kil PARK
1
;
Kyu Do CHO
;
Kuhn PARK
;
Seok Whan MOON
;
Suk Joo RHA
;
Si Young CHOI
;
Jung Im JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Catholic Cancer Center, Korea. jaekpark@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Small adenocarcinoma;
Lung neoplasms;
Computed tomography
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma*;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lung*;
Prognosis
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2004;37(5):423-431
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Tumor size in lung cancer is not as good a prognostic factor for adenocarcinoma as it is for other types of lung cancer; therefore it is difficult to estimate the prognosis preoperatively. However, there have recently been some reports on the radiologic findings correlating to the clinicopathologic prognostic factors in peripheral small adenocarcinoma of lung. We tried to evaluate the prognostic importance of High-Resolution CT (HRCT) findings of such adenocarcinoma. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD: One houndred and seventy-six surgically resected small peripheral adenocarcinoma measuring 3 cm or less in greatest dimension were reviewed radiologically and clinicopathologically. RESULT: The patients with greater extent of ground-glass attenuation (GGA) had better clinicopathological factors. The tumors with gross appearance of GGA or bubble-like shape showed better clinicopathological prognostic factors than scar-like or solid shape. CONCLUSION: HRCT findings of small peripheral adenocarcinomas of the lung correlated well with the histologic and clinical prognostic factors. We can predict the post- operative prognosis with the radiologic findings.
