Table I.
Clinical characteristics and imaging features of the 22 patients with PTB.
| No./age/sex | Smoking (years/cigarettes per day) | Diabetes | Largest size (cm) | Location of lesion | Type of biopsy | CT presentation | PET (SUVmax) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/41/M | 20/20 | Yes | 2.8 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Ground-glass shadow, spiculated margin, lobulation, vacuole | 2.65 |
| 2/41/M | 20/40 | Yes | 2.5 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, vacuole | 8.4 |
| 3/64/M | 20/60 | Yes | 5 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation, pleural indentation | – |
| 4/51/M | 30/50 | Yes | 2.5 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation | – |
| 5/43/F | No | No | 2.6 | RML | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, blood vessel convergency | – |
| 6/50/M | No | Yes | 1.2 | LUL | PTNB | Ground-glass shadow | – |
| 7/59/M | 30/20 | Yes | 2 | LUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Pleural indentation, vacuole | – |
| 8/55/F | No | No | 1.6 | RUL | TBLB | Spiculated margin, lobulation | 10.9 |
| 9/61/M | 15/40 | Yes | 3.2 | RML | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation, pleural indentation, cavity | – |
| 10/57/M | No | Yes | 2.3 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation, pleural indentation | 7.7 |
| 11/68/M | 50/20 | Yes | 4 | LUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation, pleural indentation | – |
| 12/39/M | No | No | 1.3 | LUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation | 5.4 |
| 13/72/M | No | No | 1 | RML | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation | 3.16 |
| 14/63/M | 35/20 | Yes | 1.8 | LUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, pleural indentation, blood vessel convergency | – |
| 15/51/F | No | Yes | 3 | LUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation | 4.2 |
| 16/59/M | No | Yes | 2.5 | LLL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation, cavity, ground-glass shadow | – |
| 17/56/M | 40/20 | No | 1.5 | LLL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, lobulation, blood vessel convergency | – |
| 18/41/F | 40/20 | No | 3.5 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, vacuole | 6.5 |
| 19/59/M | No | No | 2.7 | RUL | PTNB | Spiculated margin, lobulation, cavity | – |
| 20/36/F | No | No | 2.4 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Spiculated margin, pleural indentation | – |
| 21/47/M | 10/20 | No | 3.5 | RUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Lobulation, vacuole | – |
| 22/57/M | 20/40 | No | 2.5 | LUL | Pulmonary lobectomy | Lobulation, blood vessel convergency, pleural indentation | 5.02 |
No, patient number; M, male; F, female; SUVmax, maximum standard uptake value; LUL, left upper lobe; LLL, left lower lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; RML, right middle lobe; PTNB, percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy; TBLB, transbronchial lung biopsy; PET, 18F-fludeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.