Table 1.

Demographic, lung nodule, and needle hook wire localization data for patients with osteosarcoma (n=19).

Patient no.	Age (years)	Primary site	Location of localized nodule	U/L or B/L lesion	Size of nodule (mm)	Wire dislodge	Thoracotomy	Pathology
1	7	R femur	RUL	U/L	5	No	No	Granuloma
2	8	L femur	RUL	U/L	4	Yes	No	OS mets
3	9	R femur	LUL	U/L	5	Yes	No	Granuloma
4	11	L femur	LUL, LLL	U/L	4	No	No	Granuloma
5	12	R tibia	LLL	B/L	2	No	Yes	Lymph node
6	12	R femur	LUL	U/L	4	Yes	No	Benign fibrovascular nodule
7	13	R tibia	RUL	B/L	4	No	No	OS mets
8	13	L tibia	LLL	U/L	3	No	Yes	OS mets
9	14	L tibia	RLL	U/L	3	No	No	Peribronchiolar scar
10	14	R femur	RUL	U/L	3	No	No	Granuloma
11	14	R femur	RML, RLL	U/L	2	No	No	Lymph node
12	15	L tibia	RLL	U/L	4	No	No	Granuloma
13	16	L femur	LLL	U/L	5	No	No	OS mets
14	16	L tibia	LUL	U/L	3	No	No	Lymph node
15	16	R femur	LUL	U/L	7	No	No	Granuloma
16	16	R humerus	RUL	U/L	6	No	No	OS mets
17	21	L femur	LUL	U/L	3	No	No	Granuloma
18	21	L femur	RLL	U/L	5	No	No	OS mets
19	21	R femur	RUL	U/L	4	No	No	Hamartoma

R, right; L, left; RUL, right upper lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; LLL; left lower lobe; U/L, unilateral; B/L, bilateral; OS, osteosarcoma; mets, metastasis.