Table 4 Lung nodule histopathology
Lung nodule histopathology with correlation to radiological characteristic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Histology | Radiological Characteristic | ||
All Nodules (n = 36) n (%) | Solid (n = 13) n (%) | Mixed or Ground-glass (n = 23) n (%) | |
Primary Lung Cancer or Pre-Malignant Lesions | 31 (86.0%) Invasive Adenocarcinoma: 24 Invasive Mucinous Adenocarcinoma: 2 Minimally Invasive Adenocarcinoma: 3 Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia: 2 | 8 (62.0%) | 23 (100.0%) |
Metastatic Lesions | 2 (7.0%) Leiomyosarcoma: 1 Thymoma: 1 | 2 (15.0%) | 0 |
Benign Lesions | 3 (7.0%) Scar Tissue: 2 Intraparenchymal Lymph Node: 1 | 3 (23.0%) | 0 |
Statistical analyses of lung nodule histopathology | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Histology | All Nodules (n = 36) n (%) | Solid (n = 13) n (%) | Mixed or Ground-glass (n = 23) n (%) | p-Value | |
Malignant | Yes | 33 (92.0%) | 10 (77.0%) | 23 (100.0%) | 0.04§ |
No | 3 (8.0%) | 3 (23.0%) | 0 | ||
Parenchymal resection margins of primary lung cancer, pre-malignant lesions and metastatic lesions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean (SD) | Mean Difference (95% CI) | t-Statistic (df) | p-Value | ||
Total Nodules (n = 32)†| Pre-op Localization (n = 14)†| Intra-op Localization (n = 18) | ||||
Parenchymal resection margins (mm) | 9.8 (5.43) | 9.0 (4.76) | 10.4 (5.97) |  − 1.39 ( − 5.26 to 2.48) |  − 0.73 (30) | 0.47 |