Table 2.
Radiological characteristics of lungs before drug therapy
| Patients with indicated lung nodules | n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | |||
| Small nodule only | single | 7(12.0) | |
| multiple | 38(78.0) | ||
| Large nodule only | 2(4.0) | ||
| Both small and large nodule | 3(6.0) | ||
| Distribution | |||
| Laterality | |||
| Unilateral | 16(32.0) | ||
| Bilateral | 34(68.0) | ||
| Lobe | |||
| Upper lobe | 6(12.0) | ||
| Middle or lower lobe | 12(24.0) | ||
| Random | 32(64.0) | ||
| Type | |||
| Ground-glass nodule only | 1(2.0) | ||
| Solid nodule only | 46(92.0) | ||
| Both ground-glass and solid nodule | 3(6.0) | ||
| Margin | |||
| Irregular or untidy | 6(12.0) | ||
| Regular | 44(88.0) | ||
| Second associated features | |||
| Lobulation | 3(6.0) | ||
| Spiculation | 3(6.0) | ||
| Pleural retraction | 2(4.0) | ||
| Calcification | 1(2.0) | ||
| Changes of nodules after treatments(n = 16) | |||
| Smaller or disappear | 10(20.0) | ||
| No difference | 6(12.0) | ||
| Other radiological features | |||
| Ground-glass opacity | 21(42.0) | ||
| Thickening of pleura | 9(18.0) | ||
| Thickening of interlobular septa | 4(8.0) | ||
| Thickening of bronchial wall | 3(6.0) | ||
| Pleura effusion | 4(8.0) | ||
| Mass | 3(6.0) | ||
| Consolidation | 1(2.0) | ||
| Interstitial changes | 5(6.0) | ||
| Mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy | 32(64.0) | ||