Table 4. Clinicopathologic characteristics of 8 patients with pleural recurrences.
PatientNo. | Age/Sex | DiagnosticMethods | OperativeProcedure | Pathologic findings | ConcomitantRecurrences | Time toRecurrence (mo) | Outcome | ||
Histology | Size(mm) | pl/v/ly | |||||||
1 | 63/M | CTNB | Lobe | Ad | 13 | +/−/− | - | 24 | DOD |
2 | 75/M | BFS | Lobe | Ad | 20 | +/+/+ | - | 10 | DOD |
3 | 83/F | BFS | Lobe | Ad | 22 | −/−/− | - | 50 | DOD |
4 | 64/M | BFS | Lobe | Ad | 12 | +/+/− | LN, PUL | 24 | DOD |
5 | 72/M | BFS | Lobe | Ad | 15 | −/−/− | PUL | 36 | DOD |
6 | 75/M | BFS | Lobe | Sq | 25 | −/−/+ | LN, PUL, HEP | 50 | DOD |
7 | 53/M | BFS | Lobe | Ad | 32 | −/−/− | LN, PUL, BRA | 36 | DOD |
8 | 69/M | BFS | Lobe | Ad | 38 | +/−/− | PUL | 24 | AWD |
M = male, F = female, CTNB = computer tomography guided needle biopsy, BFS = bronchoscopy, Lobe = lobectomy, Ad = adenocarcinoma, Sq = squamous cell carcinoma, pl = microscopic pleural invasion, v = microscopic vascular invasion, ly = microscopic lymphatic invasion.
LN = lympho node, PUL = pulmonary metastasis, BRA = brain metastasis, HEP = Liver metastasis, AWD = alive with disease, DOD = dead of disease.