Increased intensity of lung infiltrates at the side of lung cancer in patients with lung cancer associated with pulmonary fibrosis
| Autor: | Hiroyoshi Namihira, Jiro Takahara, Ichiro Yamadori, Shuji Bandoh, Kazutaka Dohmoto, N Dobashi, Jiro Fujita, Satoko Hojo, Ichizo Suemitsu, Yoko Fukunaga, Yutaka Ueda |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Thorax Cancer Research Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Pulmonary Fibrosis Adenocarcinoma Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Radiologic sign Fibrosis Pulmonary fibrosis medicine Humans Carcinoma Small Cell Lung cancer Lung Aged business.industry Respiratory disease Middle Aged respiratory system medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Carcinoma Squamous Cell Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Lung Cancer. 26:169-174 |
| ISSN: | 0169-5002 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0169-5002(99)00086-0 |
| Popis: | It has been reported that lung cancer is frequently associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The purpose of this study was to compare the intensity of lung infiltrates between the side associated with lung cancer and the side without lung cancer. Twenty-three patients (24 lung cancers) with primary lung cancer associated with pulmonary fibrosis were retrospectively evaluated. Chest CT findings were evaluated by three expert radiologists using the intensity scores. In 16 of the 23 patients, it was possible to compare the intensity of lung infiltrates between both sides of the lungs. As a result, increased intensity at the side in which lung cancer developed was demonstrated in 12 of 16 patients (75%). In the remaining four patients, intensity of lung infiltrates was the same in both lungs. In operated patients as well as autopsied patients, it was possible to evaluate the pathological findings of lung tissues around cancer cells. This study clearly demonstrates that the intensity of lung infiltrates increased at the side in which lung cancer developed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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