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Differentiation Between Invasive Adenocarcinoma and Focal Interstitial Fibrosis among Persistent Pulmonary Part-solid Nodules: With Emphasis on the CT Morphologic Analysis.
Journal of Thoracic Imaging 2024 April 27
PURPOSE: Focal interstitial fibrosis (FIF) manifesting as a persistent part-solid nodule (PSN) has been mistakenly treated surgically due to similar imaging features to invasive adenocarcinoma (ADC). The purpose of this study was to observe predictive imaging features correlated with FIF through CT morphologic analysis.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2009 to December 2020, 44 patients with surgically proven FIF in a single institution were enrolled and compared with 88 ADC patients through propensity score matching. Patient characteristics and CT morphologic analysis of persistent PSNs were used to identify predictive imaging features of FIF. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to quantify the performance of imaging features.
RESULTS: A total of 132 patients with 132 PSNs (44 FIF, 88 ADC; mean age, 67.7±7.58; 75 females) were involved in our analysis. Multivariable analysis demonstrated that preserved peritumoral vascular margin (preserved vascular margin), preserved secondary pulmonary lobule margin (preserved lobular margin), and lower coronal to axial ratio (C/A ratio; cutoff: 1.005) were significant independent predictors of FIF (P<0.05). ROC curve analysis to evaluate the predictive value of the logistic model based on the imaging features of FIF, and the AUC value was 0.881.
CONCLUSION: CT imaging features of preserved vascular margin, preserved lobular margin, and lower C/A ratio (cutoff, <1.005) might be helpful imaging features in discriminating FIF over ADC among persistent PSN in clinical practice.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2009 to December 2020, 44 patients with surgically proven FIF in a single institution were enrolled and compared with 88 ADC patients through propensity score matching. Patient characteristics and CT morphologic analysis of persistent PSNs were used to identify predictive imaging features of FIF. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to quantify the performance of imaging features.
RESULTS: A total of 132 patients with 132 PSNs (44 FIF, 88 ADC; mean age, 67.7±7.58; 75 females) were involved in our analysis. Multivariable analysis demonstrated that preserved peritumoral vascular margin (preserved vascular margin), preserved secondary pulmonary lobule margin (preserved lobular margin), and lower coronal to axial ratio (C/A ratio; cutoff: 1.005) were significant independent predictors of FIF (P<0.05). ROC curve analysis to evaluate the predictive value of the logistic model based on the imaging features of FIF, and the AUC value was 0.881.
CONCLUSION: CT imaging features of preserved vascular margin, preserved lobular margin, and lower C/A ratio (cutoff, <1.005) might be helpful imaging features in discriminating FIF over ADC among persistent PSN in clinical practice.
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