Predictors of malignancy in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules undergoing pulmonary resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The management of a solitary pulmonary nodule is a challenging issue in pulmonary disease. Although many factors have been defined as predictors for malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules, the accurate diagnosis can only be established with the permanent histological diagnosis.

Objective

We tried to clarify the possible predictors of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules in patients who had definitive histological diagnosis.

Methods

We made a retrospective study to collect the data of patients with solitary pulmonary nodules who had histological diagnosis either before or after surgery. We made a statistical analysis of both the clinic and radiological features of these nodules with respect to malignancy both in contingency tables and with logistic reg

SUBMITTER: Erdogdu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9366584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature