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Thin-slice computed tomography enables to classify pulmonary subsolid nodules into pre-invasive lesion/minimally invasive adenocarcinoma and invasive adenocarcinoma: a retrospective study

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33803-x

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The study aimed to investigate the ability of thin-slice computed tomography (TSCT) to differentiate invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas (IACs) from pre-invasive/minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (AAH-MIAs). CT findings of 810 patients with single subsolid nodules were analyzed and compared. The TSCT features were found to be helpful in distinguishing IACs from AAH-MIAs in subsolid nodules.
The aim was to investigate the ability of thin-slice computed tomography (TSCT) to differentiate invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas (IACs) from pre-invasive/minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (AAH-MIAs), manifesting as subsolid nodules (SSNs) of diameter less than 30 mm. The CT findings of 810 patients with single subsolid nodules diagnosed by pathology of resection specimens were analyzed (atypical adenomatous hyperplasia, n = 13; adenocarcinoma in situ, n = 175; minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, n = 285; and invasive adenocarcinoma, n = 337). According to the classification of lung adenocarcinoma published by WHO classification of thoracic tumors in 2015, TSCT features of 368 pure ground-glass nodules (pGGN) and 442 part-solid nodules (PSNs) were compared AAH-MIAs with IACs. Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were performed. In pGGNs, multivariate analysis of factors found to be significant by univariate analysis revealed that higher mean-CT values (p = 0.006, OR 1.006, 95% CI 1.002-1.010), larger tumor size (p < 0.001, OR 1.483, 95% CI 1.304-1.688) with air bronchogram and non-smooth margins were significantly associated with IACs. The optimal cut-off tumor diameter for AAH-MIAs lesions was less than 10.75 mm (sensitivity, 82.8%; specificity, 80.6%) and optimal cut-off mean-CT value - 629HU (sensitivity, 78.1%; specificity, 50.7%). In PSNs, multivariate analysis of factors found to be significant by univariate analysis revealed that smaller tumor diameter (p < 0.001, OR 0.647, 95% CI 0.481-0.871), smaller size of solid component (p = 0.001, OR 83.175, 95% CI 16.748-413.079),and lower mean-CT value of solid component (p < 0.001, OR 1.009, 95% CI 1.004-1.014) were significantly associated with AAH-MIAs (p < 0.05). The optimal cut-off tumor diameter, size of solid component, and mean-CT value of solid component for AAH-MIAs lesions were less than 14.595 mm (sensitivity, 71.1%; specificity, 83.4%), 4.995 mm (sensitivity, 97.8%; specificity, 92.3%) and - 227HU (sensitivity, 65.6%; specificity, 76.3%), respectively. In subsolid nodules, whether pGGN or PSNs, the characteristics of TSCT can help in distinguishing IACs from AAH-MIAs.

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