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Table 1 Patient characteristics and pulmonary nodule pathology results

From: A new protocol for concomitant needle aspiration biopsy and localization of solitary pulmonary nodules

Patient

Sex

Age (year)

Diameter of nodule (mm)

Depth from pleura (mm)

Histologic confirmation

Localization

Final pathology

Definite treatment

1

M

53

10

11

VATS

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

2

M

57

27

5

PCNA

Success

Tuberculous granuloma

None

3

M

56

31

13

PCNA

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

4

F

56

12

7

VATS

Success

Tuberculous granuloma

VATS

5

M

63

11

9

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Hepatocellular carcinoma

VATS

6

M

66

17

5

VATS

Success

Tuberculous granuloma

VATS

7

F

36

6

7

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Uterine cervix cancer

VATS

8

M

57

27

5

PCNA

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

9

F

53

10

11

VATS

Success

Hamartoma

VATS

10

F

66

34

22

PCNA

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

11

M

77

15

7

VATS

Success

Small cell Lung carcinoma

VATS

12

M

48

21

11

VATS

Success

Carcinoid tumor

VATS

13

M

53

21

19

VATS

Success

Granuloma

VATS

14

M

68

15

30

PCNA

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

15

M

44

22

25

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Hepatocellular carcinoma

VATS

16

M

52

11

9

VATS

Success

Granuloma

VATS

17

M

49

13

16

VATS

Success

Tuberculous granuloma

VATS

18

M

39

20

7

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Musculoskeletal cancer

VATS

19

F

43

3

4

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Musculoskeletal cancer

VATS

20

M

53

10

3

VATS

Failure

Granuloma

VATS

21

M

62

21

23

PCNA

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

22

M

52

13

9

VATS

Success

Granuloma

VATS

23

M

74

9

11

VATS

Success

Primary Lung cancer

VATS

24

M

67

22

9

PCNA

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

25

M

67

7

5

VATS

Success

Granuloma

VATS

26

M

75

11

12

VATS

Success

Primary Lung cancer

Lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection

27

F

51

7

9

VATS

Success

Granuloma

VATS

28

F

44

6

14

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Colorectal cancer

VATS

29

F

69

11

22

VATS

Success

Granuloma

VATS

30

M

67

5

31

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Colorectal cancer

VATS

31

M

61

11

9

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Colorectal cancer

VATS

32

M

54

6

7

VATS

Success

Metastasis from Colorectal cancer/Granuloma

VATS

33

M

51

9

14

VATS

Success

Granuloma

VATS