Nomori H, Ono Y, Morinaga S
Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital.
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1990 Jul;28(7):1024-7.
In each case of primary or metastatic lung cancer, CT reveals multiple pulmonary nodules in addition to primary or metastatic lesions. All of these small pulmonary nodules were approximately 5 mm in size and were located in the subpleural region of a lower lobe of the lung. It was difficult to differentiate these small nodules from lung metastases. We were able to confirm that these nodules were subpleural intra-pulmonary lymph nodes by open thoracotomy. It should be noted that small pulmonary nodules in the subpleural region of a lower lobe of the lung might be intra-pulmonary lymph nodes.
在每例原发性或转移性肺癌中，CT除显示原发性或转移性病灶外，还发现多个肺结节。所有这些小肺结节大小约为5mm，位于肺下叶的胸膜下区域。很难将这些小结节与肺转移瘤区分开来。通过开胸手术，我们得以证实这些结节为胸膜下肺内淋巴结。应当指出，肺下叶胸膜下区域的小肺结节可能是肺内淋巴结。
