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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2018

Combination diagnosis of multi-slice spiral computed tomography and secretary phospholipase A2-IIa for solitary pulmonary nodules.

Hongjun Hou, Zushan Xu, Hongsheng Zhang, Yan Xu

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnostic Performance of Perfusion Computed Tomography for Differentiating Lung Cancer from Benign Lesions: A Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hongjun HouDepartment of Radiology, Weihai Central Hospital, Weihai City, Shandong Province, China.
Zushan XuDepartment of Radiology, Weihai Central Hospital, Weihai City, Shandong Province, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-7216
Hongsheng ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Weihai Central Hospital, Weihai City, Shandong Province, China.
Yan XuDepartment of Radiology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Weihai Municipal Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study was aimed to compare the diagnostic value of multi-slice spiral computed tomography (CT) and secretary phospholipase A2-IIa (sPLA2-IIa) in differentiating between malignant and benign solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs).

methodsA total of 223 patients with SPNs (91 patients with malignant SPNs and 132 patients with benign SPNs) were included from Weihai Central Hospital during October 2014 to December 2016. SPN diagnosis was confirmed in all patients using needle biopsy, surgery and bronchoscopy. The patients were managed with dynamic multi-slice CT scans, and their sPLA2-IIa levels were also detected. By selecting the area of interest of focus, the perfusion parameters of multi-slice CT targeting the focus were obtained.

resultsThe levels of MTT, PS, BV, BF and sPLA2-IIa significantly increased with increasing severity of SPNs (P<.05). Notably, BV (area under the ROC curve [AUC]=0.915; 95%CI: 0.88-0.95; sensitivity=91.21%; specificity=78.79%) showed a higher potential to discriminate patients with malignant SPNs from those with benign SPNs than did BF (AUC=0.712; 95%CI: 0.65-0.78; sensitivity=72.50%; specificity=59.10%), PS (AUC=0.772; 95%CI: 0.71-0.84; sensitivity=65.93%; specificity=82.58%) and MTT (AUC=0.600; 95%CI: 0.52-0.68; sensitivity=52.75%; specificity=78.03%). Finally, the combined diagnostic value of BV and sPLA2-IIa was quite ideal (AUC=0.947; 95%CI: 0.92-0.97; sensitivity=85.70%; specificity=92.70%) for malignant and benign SPNs.

conclusionsThe combined diagnostic value of BV and sPLA2-IIa appeared as a desirable detection method for malignant and benign SPNs.

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AgedCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedPhospholipases A2ROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificitySolitary Pulmonary NoduleTomography, Spiral ComputedPhospholipases A2combined diagnosismulti-slice spiral computed tomographysecretary phospholipase A2-IIasensitivitysolitary pulmonary nodules

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PMID28493533
PMCPMC6817176
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