Chest · 1996
Is it possible to differentiate malignant mediastinal nodes from benign nodes by size? Reevaluation by CT, transesophageal echocardiography, and nodal specimen.
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Arita T, Matsumoto T, Kuramitsu T, Kawamura M, Matsunaga N, Sugi K, Esato K
Аннотация
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To reevaluate whether it is possible to reliably differentiate malignant mediastinal lymph nodes from benign nodes by size, and to determine the frequency of metastases to normal-sized mediastinal lymph nodes that directly affects the sensitivity for detecting malignant mediastinal lymph nodes (N2 nodes) on CT.
DESIGN: Prospective study of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
SETTING: Department of Radiology and First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine.
PATIENTS: We examined 40 patients with non-small cell lung cancer, who underwent thoracotomy because of operable stage (stage I, II, IIIA) in preoperative staging, using CT and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
INTERVENTIONS: None.
MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Lymph nodes 10 mm or greater in short-axis diameter on CT and TEE were considered abnormal. Furthermore, lymph node size was measured by TEE and nodal specimens in long- and short-axis diameter in each patient. Two hundred eight mediastinal lymph nodes were dissected and N2 nodes were present in 28% of patients (11/40); in 7 of these 11 patients (64%), mediastinal lymph node metastases were misdiagnosed on CT because of normal-sized N2 nodes. Furthermore, in 73% of N2 nodes, nodal size was normal on TEE. There were no significant difference in both diameters between malignant mediastinal lymph nodes and benign nodes on TEE and nodal specimens.
CONCLUSIONS: It is not possible to reliably differentiate malignant mediastinal nodes from benign nodes by size alone, and we should be aware of high frequency of normal-sized N2 nodes in patients with operable stage of lung cancer.
DESIGN: Prospective study of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
SETTING: Department of Radiology and First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine.
PATIENTS: We examined 40 patients with non-small cell lung cancer, who underwent thoracotomy because of operable stage (stage I, II, IIIA) in preoperative staging, using CT and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
INTERVENTIONS: None.
MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Lymph nodes 10 mm or greater in short-axis diameter on CT and TEE were considered abnormal. Furthermore, lymph node size was measured by TEE and nodal specimens in long- and short-axis diameter in each patient. Two hundred eight mediastinal lymph nodes were dissected and N2 nodes were present in 28% of patients (11/40); in 7 of these 11 patients (64%), mediastinal lymph node metastases were misdiagnosed on CT because of normal-sized N2 nodes. Furthermore, in 73% of N2 nodes, nodal size was normal on TEE. There were no significant difference in both diameters between malignant mediastinal lymph nodes and benign nodes on TEE and nodal specimens.
CONCLUSIONS: It is not possible to reliably differentiate malignant mediastinal nodes from benign nodes by size alone, and we should be aware of high frequency of normal-sized N2 nodes in patients with operable stage of lung cancer.