Table 2.
Thoracic CT findings of patients with PC
CT Findings | Total patient(n = 39) |
Immunocompetent patients(n = 29) |
Immunocompromised patients(n = 10) |
P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lesion pattern | 0.29 | |||
Single nodule | 33 | 25 | 8 | |
Scattered nodule | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Clustered nodule | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Mass-like | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Pleural effusion | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mediastinal lymphoadenopathy | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0.23 |
Location of the lesions | Total lesions(n = 47) | 0.06 | ||
RUL | 15 | 12 | 3 | |
RML | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
RLL | 13 | 12 | 1 | |
LUL | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
LLL | 13 | 10 | 3 | |
Distribution of the lesions | 0.43 | |||
Peripheral | 38 | 30 | 8 | |
Central location | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
Diameter of the lesions | 0.71 | |||
< 1 cm | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
1–2 cm | 30 | 24 | 6 | |
> 2 cm | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
Spiculation | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0.64 |
Air bronchogram | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.32 |
Cavitation | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0.04 |
Halo sign | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.93 |
Pleural indentation | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0.77 |