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. 2021 May;13(5):2885–2895. doi: 10.21037/jtd-21-141

Table 2. Subject characteristics and diagnostic outcome.

Case No. Age (y) Gender Lobe Segment Location Radiographic lesion type Lesion size (cm) CT Bronchus sign Distance to pleura (cm) Procedure order of 4D-ENB EBUS findingsa Final diagnosis Diagnosis modality Diagnosis by conventional bronchoscopy Diagnosis by 4D-ENB
1 66 M LUL S1+2 Peripheral Solid 2.7 Present 0 2nd Eccentric Sq Surgery Positive Positive
2 57 M RLL S9 Intermediate Solid 2.0 Present 3.8 1st Eccentric Ad Surgery Negative Negative
3 67 M RUL S3 Intermediate Solid 1.1 Present 5.3 2nd Eccentric Ad Surgery Positive Negative
4 83 F RUL S1 Peripheral Solid 1.2 Absent 2.2 2nd Absent Benign Follow-upb Negative Negative
5 65 F LUL S3 Peripheral Solid with cavity 3.9 Present 0 2nd Absent Sq Surgery Positive Negative
6 90 M RUL S3 Peripheral Solid 1.2 Present 1.7 1st Concentric Ad Surgery Positive Positive
7 70 M RUL S1 Peripheral Subsolid 4.4 Present 1.9 2nd Concentric Ad Surgery Positive Positive
8 66 F RUL S2 Peripheral Subsolid 2.3 Present 0 2nd Absent Ad Surgery Negative Positive
9 74 F RML S4 Intermediate Solid 1.2 Present 3.3 1st Eccentric Typical carcinoid Surgery Negative Negative
10 58 M LUL S1+2 Peripheral Solid with cavity 2.5 Absent 0 2nd Absent Ad Surgery Positive Positive
11 73 M LUL S4 Intermediate Solid 1.0 Present 3.2 1st Eccentric Hamartoma Surgery Negative Negative

Gender M, male; F, female; LUL, left upper lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; RML, right middle lobe; CT, computed tomography; EBUS, endobronchial ultrasound; Sq, squamous cell carcinoma; Ad, adenocarcinoma; 4D-ENB, four-dimensional tracking electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy. aIn all patients, EBUS findings were concordant between the conventional bronchoscopy and the 4D-ENB phases; bThe nodule diminished in size during two years of CT follow-up.