Journal of computer assisted tomography · 1998
Ground-glass attenuation in nodular bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: CT patterns and prognostic value.
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Gaeta M, Caruso R, Barone M, Volta S, Casablanca G, La Spada F
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PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to assess the CT patterns and prognostic value of ground-glass attenuation in nodular bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC).
METHOD: We retrospectively reviewed CT examinations of 22 patients with 24 nodular BACs who underwent surgery. CT and pathologic findings were analyzed and correlated with postoperative course of disease.
RESULTS: We detected five patterns of ground-glass attenuation associated with nodular BAC: pure ground-glass nodule (n = 1), ground-glass nodule with superimposed lymphangitis (n = 1), nodule with mixed areas of ground-glass attenuation and consolidation (n = 2), ground-glass halo around nodule (halo sign) (n = 3), and nodule associated with a plurisegmental area of ground-glass attenuation (n = 1). Two patients with the halo sign and a third patient with a plurisegmental area of ground-glass attenuation rapidly developed diffuse pulmonary disease by bronchogenic spread and died a few months after surgery.
CONCLUSION: Our series demonstrates that focal BAC may progress to diffuse pulmonary involvement by bronchogenic spread. The presence of a large area of ground-glass attenuation associated with a nodular BAC might be the CT sign of an aggressive biologic behavior. In these cases there is a high likelihood for diffuse disease to develop from bronchogenic spread.
METHOD: We retrospectively reviewed CT examinations of 22 patients with 24 nodular BACs who underwent surgery. CT and pathologic findings were analyzed and correlated with postoperative course of disease.
RESULTS: We detected five patterns of ground-glass attenuation associated with nodular BAC: pure ground-glass nodule (n = 1), ground-glass nodule with superimposed lymphangitis (n = 1), nodule with mixed areas of ground-glass attenuation and consolidation (n = 2), ground-glass halo around nodule (halo sign) (n = 3), and nodule associated with a plurisegmental area of ground-glass attenuation (n = 1). Two patients with the halo sign and a third patient with a plurisegmental area of ground-glass attenuation rapidly developed diffuse pulmonary disease by bronchogenic spread and died a few months after surgery.
CONCLUSION: Our series demonstrates that focal BAC may progress to diffuse pulmonary involvement by bronchogenic spread. The presence of a large area of ground-glass attenuation associated with a nodular BAC might be the CT sign of an aggressive biologic behavior. In these cases there is a high likelihood for diffuse disease to develop from bronchogenic spread.