CTdiagnosisofthepulmonarychondroma

VernacularTitle:肺软骨瘤的CT诊断
Author: Hexiang WANG ¹ ; Jie LI ; Yanyan CHEN ; Pei NIE ; Feng HOU ; Peng ZHANG ; Wenjian XU
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1. 青岛大学附属医院放射科
Keywords: pulmonarychondroma; computedtomography
From: Journal of Practical Radiology 2019;35(3):371-373,395
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective ToanalyzetheCTfeaturesandthediagnosticvalueofpulmonarychondroma.Methods Tencasesofpulmonary chondromaprovenbypathologywereretrospectivelyanalysed.Thenumber,location,size,shape,margin,calcificationpatternandCT valueofthelesions wereanalysedonnonGenhancedandenhanced CTscans.Results Allthe10casesofpulmonarychondroma showedsolitary,mildlylobulated,wellGcircumscribed masses.6lesionswerelocatedintherightlung,and4lesionswereintheleft lung.Thesizeofthelesionsrangedform1.3cm×0.8cmto10.7cm×9.8cm.OnplainCTimages,9lesions(90%)showedvaried calcification,withpunctatecalcificationin8lesionsandringcalcificationin1lesion.OncontrastGenhanced CTimages,6lesions showedslighthomogeneousenhancement(enhancedvalue≤14HU).Conclusion Pulmonarychondromaisusuallylocatedintheperiphery ofthelung.Thenodulehasasmoothboundary,withsignificantcalcificationandslightlyenhancement,whichcouldbehelpfulindiagnosis ofthedisease.