1. Standardized uptake value and radiological density attenuation as predictive and prognostic factors in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules: our experience on 1,592 patients
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Divisi, Duilio, Barone, Mirko, Bertolaccini, Luca, Rocco, Gaetano, Solli, Piergiorgio, Crisci, Roberto, Italian Vats Group, Ampollini, Luca, Alloisio, Marco, Andreetti, Claudio, Amore, Dario, Baietto, Guido, Bandiera, Alessandro, Benato, Cristiano, Benetti, Diego, Benvenuti, Mauro, Bertani, Alessandro, Bortolotti, Luigi, Bottoni, Edoardo, Camplese, Pierpaolo, Carbognani, Paolo, Cardillo, Giuseppe, Carleo, Francesco, Casadio, Caterina, Cavallesco, Giorgio, Curcio, Carlo, Denegri, Andrea, Di Rienzo, Gaetano, Dolci, Giampiero, Droghetti, Andrea, Gasparri, Roberto, Ghisalberti, Marco, Gonfiotti, Alessandro, Guerrera, Francesco, Imperatori, Andrea, Infante, Maurizio, Lausi, Paolo, Londero, Francesco, Lopez, Camillo, Luzzi, Luca, Maineri, Paola, Maniscalco, Pio, Marulli, Giuseppe, Monteverde, Marco, Morelli, Angelo, Mucilli, Felice, Natali, Pamela, Negri, Giampiero, Nicotra, Samuele, Nosotti, Mario, Perkmann, Reinhold, Poggi, Camilla, Puma, Francesco, Refai, Mayed, Rinaldo, Alessandro, Rizzardi, Giovanna, Rosso, Lorenzo, Rotolo, Nicola, Russo, Emanuele, Sabatini, Armando, Spaggiari, Lorenzo, Stefani, Alessandro, Stella, Franco, Terzi, Alberto, Torre, Massimo, Vinci, Damiano, Viti, Andrea, Voltolini, Luca, Zaraca, Francesco, Divisi, Duilio, Barone, Mirko, Bertolaccini, Luca, Rocco, Gaetano, Solli, Piergiorgio, Crisci, Roberto, Italian VATS, Group, Negri, G, Ampollini, Luca, Alloisio, Marco, Andreetti, Claudio, Amore, Dario, Baietto, Guido, Bandiera, Alessandro, Benato, Cristiano, Benetti, Diego, Benvenuti, Mauro, Bertani, Alessandro, Bortolotti, Luigi, Bottoni, Edoardo, Camplese, Pierpaolo, Carbognani, Paolo, Cardillo, Giuseppe, Carleo, Francesco, Casadio, Caterina, Cavallesco, Giorgio, Curcio, Carlo, Denegri, Andrea, Di Rienzo, Gaetano, Dolci, Giampiero, Droghetti, Andrea, Gasparri, Roberto, Ghisalberti, Marco, Gonfiotti, Alessandro, Guerrera, Francesco, Imperatori, Andrea, Infante, Maurizio, Lausi, Paolo, Londero, Francesco, Lopez, Camillo, Luzzi, Luca, Maineri, Paola, Maniscalco, Pio, Marulli, Giuseppe, Monteverde, Marco, Morelli, Angelo, Mucilli, Felice, Natali, Pamela, Negri, Giampiero, Nicotra, Samuele, Nosotti, Mario, Perkmann, Reinhold, Poggi, Camilla, Puma, Francesco, Refai, Mayed, Rinaldo, Alessandro, Rizzardi, Giovanna, Rosso, Lorenzo, Rotolo, Nicola, Russo, Emanuele, Sabatini, Armando, Spaggiari, Lorenzo, Stefani, Alessandro, Stella, Franco, Terzi, Alberto, Torre, Massimo, Vinci, Damiano, Viti, Andrea, Voltolini, Luca, and Zaraca, Francesco
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Lung adenocarcinoma ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,VATS lobectomy ,Standardized uptake value ,Malignancy ,Ground-glass opacity ,NO ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Maximum standardized uptake value ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,ground glass opacities ,Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) ,maximum standardized uptake value ,lymph node metastases ,lung adenocarcinoma ,Lymph node metastase ,medicine ,Ground glass opacities ,Lymph node metastases ,Lung cancer ,Lymph node ,business.industry ,Ground glass opacitie ,Nodule (medicine) ,medicine.disease ,Primary tumor ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Original Article ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Background: Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) increased detection of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs), changing the management based on radiological and clinical factors. When 18-fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography ( 18 F-FDG-PET/CT) was considered for the evaluation of nodules, the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) more than 2.5 is used frequently as a cut off for malignancy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate SUVmax PET/CT and pulmonary attenuation patterns at MSCT in patients with SPN according to morphological and pathological characteristics of the lesion. Methods: A retrospective study on 1,592 SPN patients was carried out following approval by the Italian Registry of VATS Lobectomies. Results: All patients underwent VATS lobectomy. On histologic examination, 98.1% had primary or second metachronous primary lung cancers. In addition, 10.7% presented occult lymph node metastases (pN1 or pN2) on histological examination. Nodule attenuation on CT was associated with the histology of the lesion (p= 0.030); in particular, pure ground glass opacities (pGGOs) and partially solid nodules were related to adenocarcinomatous histotypes. Conversely, a significant relationship between SUVmax and age, nodule size, pathological node status (pN) was found (P=0.007, P=0.000 and P=0.002 respectively). Conclusions: Nodule attenuation can predict the histology of the lesion whereas SUVmax may relate to the propensity to lymph node metastases.
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- 2017
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