Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation of Solid Portions on Thin-section CT Images in Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Multicenter Study

摘要

Although the invasiveness size on computed tomography (CT) is important for the T descriptor, the solid portion size on CT will be larger than the pathologic invasiveness size. We analyzed whether the maximal dimensions of the solid portions on CT correlated with the pathologic invasiveness size ( 0.5 cm) in 378 lung adenocarcinoma patients. A solid portion 0.8 cm on the lung window setting or 0.6 cm on the mediastinal window setting predicted for pathologic invasiveness 0.5 cm.