Clinical Significance of Pleural Attachment and Indentation of Subsolid Nodule Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Lung cancers presenting as subsolid nodule commonly have peripheral location, making the cancer-pleura relationship noteworthy. We aimed to evaluate the effect of pleural attachment and/or indentation on visceral pleural invasion (VPI) and recurrence-free survival.

Materials and methods

Patients who underwent curative resection of lung cancer as subsolid nodules from April 2007 to January 2016 were retrospectively evaluated. They were divided into four groups according to their relationship with the pleura. Clinical, radiographical, and pathological findings were analyzed.

Results

Among 404 patients with malignant subsolid nodule, 120 (29.7%) had neither pleural attachment nor indentation, 26 (6.4%) had attachment only, 117 (29.0%) had indentation only, and 14

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790827 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature