Table 1. Clinicopathologic Characteristics of 620 Patients With 622 Nodules.
Characteristics | Patients or nodules, No. (%) |
---|---|
Sex | |
Female | 442 (71.3) |
Male | 178 (28.7) |
Age, mean (SD), y | 53.5 (12.0) |
Smoking history, ever | 102 (16.5) |
Operative procedure | |
Lobectomy | 121 (19.5) |
Segmentectomy | 179 (28.8) |
Wedge resection | 322 (51.7) |
Tumor location | |
LUL | 158 (25.4) |
LLL | 96 (15.4) |
RUL | 216 (34.7) |
RML | 43 (7.0) |
RLL | 109 (17.5) |
Radiologic parameters | |
Radiologic tumor size, mm | |
≤10 | 224 (36.0) |
10 to ≤20 | 311 (50.0) |
>20 | 87 (14.0) |
Solid component size, median (range), mm | 2.5 (0-26.0) |
Shape | |
Round/oval | 244 (39.2) |
Polygonal/irregular | 378 (60.8) |
Margin | |
Smooth | 244 (39.2) |
Lobulated/spiculated | 378 (60.8) |
Tumor-lung interface | |
Clear | 476 (76.5) |
Unclear | 146 (23.5) |
Bubble lucency | |
Absent | 267 (42.9) |
Present | 355 (57.1) |
Air bronchogram | |
Absent | 313 (50.3) |
Present | 309 (49.7) |
Pleural indentation | |
Absent | 409 (65.8) |
Present | 213 (34.2) |
Pathologic characteristics | |
Pathological diagnosis | |
AIS | 47 (7.6) |
MIA | 342 (55.0) |
IAD | 233 (37.4) |
Histological predominant subtypes | |
LPA | 48 (20.6) |
APA | 130 (55.8) |
PPA | 52 (22.3) |
MPA | 0 (0) |
SPA | 1 (0.4) |
IMA | 2 (0.9) |
Pathologic tumor size, median (range), mm | 10.0 (3.0-35.0) |
Pathological stage | |
0 | 47 (7.5) |
IA1 | 382 (61.4) |
IA2 | 141 (22.7) |
IA3 | 19 (3.1) |
IB | 33 (5.3) |
Abbreviations: AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; APA, acinar predominant adenocarcinoma; IAD, invasive adenocarcinoma; IMA, invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma; LLL, left lower lobe; LPA, lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma; LUL, left upper lobe; MIA, minimally invasive adenocarcinoma; MPA, micropapillary predominant adenocarcinoma; PPA, papillary predominant adenocarcinoma; RLL, right lower lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; SPA, solid predominant adenocarcinoma.