ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2018
High-resolution computed tomography features and CT-guided microcoil localization of subcentimeter pulmonary ground-glass opacities: radiological processing prior to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
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- CT-guided microcoil localization of pulmonary nodules: the effect of the position of microcoil proximal end on the incidence of microcoil dislocation.The British journal of radiology · 2022Article
- CT-guided preoperative localization of ground glass nodule: comparison between the application of embolization microcoil and the locating needle designed for pulmonary nodules.The British journal of radiology · 2021Article
- CT-Guided Microcoil Localization of Small Peripheral Pulmonary Nodules to Direct Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Resection without the Aid of Intraoperative Fluoroscopy.Korean journal of radiology · 2021Article
- A pilot study of the ultrathin cryoprobe in the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary ground-glass opacity lesions.Translational lung cancer research · 2020Article
- CT-guided microcoil implantation for localizing pulmonary ground-glass nodules: feasibility and accuracy of oblique approach for lesions difficult to access on axial images.The British journal of radiology · 2020Article
- Planting Seeds into the Lung: Image-Guided Percutaneous Localization to Guide Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery.Korean journal of radiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundWith the rapid development of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), low-dose CT scanning and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), smaller pulmonary nodules can be detected. Subcentimeter ground-glass opacities (GGOs) are extremely difficult to diagnose and accurately locate during VATS and in surgically resected specimens.
methodsFrom September 2013 to September 2017, 42 subcentimeter GGO lesions (≤1 cm) in 31 patients who underwent CT-guided microcoil insertion followed by VATS resection were included. All HRCT images were assessed by two experienced radiologists, and CT-guided microcoil localization procedures were performed by two experienced interventional radiologists.
resultsA total of 42 subcentimeter GGOs included 28 malignancies (66.7%) and 14 benign lesions (33.3%). The diameter of malignant GGOs (8.52±1.46 mm) was significantly larger than that of benign lesions (7.04±1.52 mm) (P<0.05). Seven patients had more than one GGO nodule. There were no significant differences in the location, composition, shape, margins, presence of air bronchograms, presence of the pleural indentation sign and presence of the vascular convergence sign between benign and malignant GGOs (P>0.05). All the localization procedures were performed successfully. A small pneumothorax occurred in 9 patients (21.4%), and minor hemorrhage in the lung parenchyma occurred in 8 patients (19.0%). All GGOs were easily identified during VATS and were definitively diagnosed.
conclusionsCommon HRCT features cannot be used as criteria for the differential diagnosis of subcentimeter benign and malignant pulmonary GGOs. CT-guided microcoil marking of these lesions prior to VATS is a feasible, safe, and effective procedure for the localization of subcentimeter pulmonary GGOs.
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