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. 2019 Jul 1;25(4):270–279. doi: 10.5152/dir.2019.18458

Table 3.

M classification for appearance on chest CT for TNM 8th edition

M classification M component on CT
M0 No distal metastasis

M1 M1a Intrathoracic metastasis
Pleural effusion
Pericardial effusion
Contralateral lung nodules/pleural nodules
M1b Single extrathoracic metastasis in a single organ
M1c Multiple extrathoracic metastasis

Source: References (8) and (16).