Useful computed tomography features for differentiating between focal atelectasis and pleural dissemination on preoperative evaluations of thymic epithelial tumors

摘要

Purpose: Distinguishing between focal atelectasis (FA) and pleural dissemination (PD) is important for determining the optimal therapeutic strategy for thymic epithelial tumors (TET). This study aimed to identify useful computed tomography (CT) features for distinguishing between these two conditions.