Table 3 Characteristics of patients with multiple GGNs
From: Comparative postoperative outcomes of GGN-dominant vs single lesion lung adenocarcinomas
Multiple (N = 34) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Pure GGN | Part Solid | Solid | |
Patients, n | 5 | 20 | 9 |
Dominant Tumor Size (mm) | 8.6 ± 4.6 | 21.7 ± 11.6 | 36.8 ± 11.2 |
Nondominant GGN | |||
Largest GGN size (mm) | 8.1 ± 1.8 | 8.2 ± 5.2 | 17.5 ± 11.7 |
Number, n (range per patient) | 8 (1–2) | 38 (1–7) | 17 (1–5) |
Location per GGN | |||
Ipsilateral lung | |||
Same lobe, n | 2 (25) | 7 (18) | 6 (35) |
Different lobe, n | 2 (25) | 12 (32) | 2 (12) |
Contralateral lung, n | 4 (50) | 19 (50) | 9 (53) |
Unresected GGN, n | 5 | 22 | 11 |
Patients, n | 3 | 14 | 7 |
Patients with unresected GGN that grew, n | 0 | 7 | 3 |
Patients with intervention for unresected GGN, n | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Stereotactic radiotherapy, n | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Surgical resection, n | 0 | 1 | 0 |
C/T ratio | |||
= 0, n | 5 (100) | 19 (86) | 11 (100) |
0 < C/T ratio < 0.5, n | 0 | 3 (14) | 0 |