Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf, Academic Teaching Hospital, Rochusstrasse 2, D-40479 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Cancer Imaging. 2009 Oct 2;9 Spec No A(Special issue A):S126-8. doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2009.9046.
This article describes the aetiology, epidemiology and clinical significance of incidental non-solid pulmonary nodules. Non-solid nodules are more likely malignant. If malignant, they are mostly due to atypical adenomatous hyperplasia and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. As these may be negative on positron emission tomography and slow growing, the diagnostic algorithms that are used for solid nodules have to be modified for non-solid nodules.
本文描述了偶然发现的非实性肺结节的病因、流行病学和临床意义。非实性结节更有可能是恶性的。如果是恶性的,它们大多是由于非典型腺瘤样增生和细支气管肺泡癌引起的。由于这些在正电子发射断层扫描上可能呈阴性且生长缓慢,因此用于实性结节的诊断算法必须针对非实性结节进行修改。