PMID: 11326875May 1, 2001Paper

CT images in differentiating tuberculous nodules from lung cancers with diameters less than 2 cm

Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
X ZhouJ Chen

Abstract

To find out the CT characteristics of tuberculous nodules and lung cancers with diameters less than 2 cm, and to evaluate their value in differentiating the two diseases. The CT images in thirty patients with tuberculous nodules and forty lung cancer patients with lesions less than 2 cm in diameter were compared. Smooth or clear edge, non-lobulation, small cavity, calcification, pleural thicking and adhesion, satellitic nidus and perifocal inflammation were found predominant in tuberculous nodules with short-term dynamic changes in shapes, while shaggy border, shallow lobulation, vacuolus sign, air-bronchogram and typical pleural indentation were predominant in lung cancers without dynamic changes in shapes. Thin-slice CT scanning can provide useful images, which by short-term observations are important for differentiating these diseases.

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