Table 1.
The patient characteristics
| No. | M/F | Age | Laterality | Localization | Symptomatology | Operation | Size (cm) | Number of mitosis/2 mm2 | De Perrot classification | Follow-up (months) | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 71 | Right | Visceral pleura | Dyspnoea, cough | Extirpation | 18 × 14 × 10 | ≤4 | 0 | 188 | No recurrence |
| 2 | F | 68 | Right | Visceral pleura | Dyspnoea | Extirpation | 3 × 2,5 × 2 | ≤4 | 0 | 175 | No recurrence |
| 3 | M | 44 | Right | Parietal pleura | - | Extirpation | 3 × 2 × 2 | >4 | II | 170 | No recurrence |
| 4 | F | 52 | Left | Visceral pleura | - | Extirpation | ø 9 | ≤4 | 0 | 161 | No recurrence |
| 5 | M | 73 | Left | Parietal pleura | Dyspnoea, haemoptysis | Biopsy | - | ≤4 | I | 0 | Exitus |
| 6 | F | 61 | Right | Visceral pleura | Weight loss | Extirpation | 8 × 5,5 × 3 | ≤4 | 0 | 157 | No recurrence |
| 7 | F | 68 | Right | Lung | - | Wedge resection | 3,5 × 2 × 1,5 | >4 | III | 131 | Relapse/reoperation |
| 8 | M | 63 | Left | Visceral pleura | Dyspnoea | Lobectomy | 13 × 9 × 10,5 | ≤4 | I | 117 | No recurrence |
| 9 | M | 69 | Left | Visceral pleura | Dyspnoea, weight loss | Wedge resection | ø10 | ≤4 | 0 | 94 | No recurrence |
| 10 | F | 69 | Left | Visceral pleura | - | Wedge resection | 3 × 2,5 × 1,5 | ≤4 | I | 65 | No recurrence |
| 11 | F | 64 | Left | Visceral pleura | - | Extirpation | 8 × 8 | ≤4 | 0 | 62 | No recurrence |
| 12 | F | 60 | Left | Visceral pleura | - | Wedge resection | 2,5 × 1,5 × 5 | ≤4 | 0 | 48 | No recurrence |
| 13 | M | 69 | Left | Visceral + parietal pleura | - | 2 × Extirpation + 2 × wedge resection | 3-23 | >4 | IV | 42 | Relapse/reoperation |
| 14 | M | 57 | Right | Parietal pleura | Dyspnoea | Biopsy | - | ≤4 | I | 35 | No information |
| 15 | F | 57 | Right | Lung | Dyspnoea, sweating, weight loss, haemoptysis | Lobectomy | ø 6 | ≤4 | I | 32 | No recurrence |
| 16 | F | 69 | Right | Visceral pleura | Dyspnoea, Pierre-Marie-Bamberg syndrome | Extirpation | ø 14 | ≤4 | I | 17 | No recurrence |
| 17 | F | 58 | Right | Visceral pleura | - | Wedge resection | 3,5 × 3 × 1,8 | ≤4 | I | 15 | No recurrence |
| 18 | F | 40 | Left | Parietal pleura | Dyspnoea, chest pain | Extirpation | 18 × 17 × 10,5 | ≤4 | 0 | 9 | No recurrence |
| 19 | F | 28 | Right | Parietal pleura | Dyspnoea | Extirpation | 5,5 × 4 × 3,4 | ≤4 | I | 3 | No recurrence |
| 20 | F | 66 | Left | Parietal pleura | Dyspnoea | Extirpation | 23 × 16 × 11 | ≤4 | 0 | 3 | No recurrence |
| 21 | F | 70 | Right | parietal pleura | - | Extirpation | ø 30 | ≤4 | 0 | 1 | No recurrence |
| 22 | F | 36 | Right | Lung | - | Wedge resection | 3 × 2 × 0,6 | >4 | III | 1 | No recurrence |