The CT value of ground-glass nodule in the diagnose of lung adenocarcinoma in early stage
MING Xing
WU Fei
Abstract：The incidence of lung adenocarcinoma is continuously increasing, and it has become the most common type of lung cancer. The concept of alveolar cell carcinoma has been abandoned and adenocarcinoma in situ has been prosed by the 2011 New Lung Adenocarcinoma Multidisciplinary Classification. The importance of computed tomographic (CT) in the screening and diagnosis of early lung adenocarcinoma has been emphasized. Early lung adenocarcinoma usually presents as a ground-glass nodule (GGN) on CT. The diagnosis is based on the morphological characteristics of lesions, mainly including size of nodule, internal structure, edge, and relationship with the adjacent structure, etc. In this article we reviewed the recent literatures concerning the value of GGN CT findings in diagnosing lung adenocarcinoma in early stage.
Keywords：Ground-glass noduleLung adenocarcinomaPreinvasive lesionsInvasive lesionsTomographyX-ray computed
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 37-40 )