Table 2. Radiological findings, operative strategy and pathological results of MC.
Variable | Value (n=47) |
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Pathological mean diameter in mm [range] | 28±20 [10–100] |
Solid or part-solid GGO | 40 (85.1%) |
First surgical procedure | |
Lobectomy | 26 (55.3%) |
Segmentectomy | 10 (21.3%) |
Wedge resection | 2 (4.3%) |
Combination | 9 (19.1%) |
Lobectomy + wedge | 5 (10.6%) |
Double segmentectomy | 1 (2.1%) |
Wedge resections | 3 (6.4%) |
Final pathology | |
Acinar ADC | 25 (53.3%) |
Papillary ADC | 5 (10.6%) |
Solid ADC | 4 (8.5%) |
Mucinous ADC | 1 (2.1%) |
ADC NOS | 3 (6.4%) |
Acinar + papillary ADC | 1 (2.1%) |
Lepidic + acinar ADC | 1 (2.1%) |
Lepidic ADC | 3 (6.4%) |
MIA | 2 (4.2%) |
AIS | 1 (2.1%) |
ADC + neuroendocrine | 1 (2.1%) |
Pathologic stage | |
IA | 26 (55.3%) |
IB | 11 (23.4%) |
IIA | 2 (4.3%) |
IIB | 4 (8.5%) |
IIIA | 4 (8.5%) |
Lymph node metastasis | |
Hilar | 3 (6.3%) |
Mediastinal | 2 (4.3%) |
Patients with all lesions resected | 9 (19.1%) |
MC, main cancer; GGO, ground-glass opacity; ADC, adenocarcinoma; MIA, minimally invasive adenocarcinoma; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ.