Hua Ren1,2, Fufu Liu2, Lei Xu2, Fan Sun2, Jing Cai2, Lingwei Yu2, Wenbin Guan3, Haibo Xiao4, Huimin Li2, Hong Yu1. 1. Department of Radiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. 2. Department of Radiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. 3. Department of Pathology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. 4. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ultra-high-resolution computed tomography (U-HRCT) has improved image quality for displaying the detailed characteristics of disease states and lung anatomy. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively examine whether U-HRCT target scanning in the lateral or oblique body position (protocol G scan) could predict histological invasiveness of pulmonary adenocarcinoma manifesting as pure ground-glass nodules (pGGNs). METHODS: From January 2015 to December 2016, 260 patients with 306 pathologically confirmed pGGNs who underwent preoperative protocol G scans were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. The U-HRCT findings of preinvasive lesions [atypical adenomatous hyperplasias (AAH) and adenocarcinomas in situ (AIS)] and invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas [minimally invasive adenocarcinomas (MIA) and invasive adenocarcinomas (IAC)] were manually compared and analyzed using orthogonal multiplanar reformation (MPR) images. The logistic regression model was established to determine variables that could predict the invasiveness of pGGNs. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate their diagnostic performance. RESULTS: There were 213 preinvasive lesions (59 AAHs and 154 AISs) and 93 invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas (53 MIAs and 40 IACs). Compared with the preinvasive lesions, invasive adenocarcinomas exhibited a larger diameter (13.5 vs. 9.3 mm, P=0.000), higher mean attenuation (-571 vs. -613 HU, P=0.002), higher representative attenuation (-475 vs. -547 HU, P=0.000), lower relative attenuation (-339 vs. -292 HU, P=0.000) and greater frequencies of heterogeneity (P=0.001), air bronchogram (P=0.000), bubble lucency (P=0.000), and pleural indentation (P=0.000). Multiple logistic analysis revealed that larger diameter [odds ratio (OR), 1.328; 95% CI: 1.208-1.461; P=0.000] and higher representative attenuation (OR, 1.005; 95% CI: 1.003-1.007; P=0.000) were significant predictive factors of invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas from preinvasive lesions. The optimal cut-off value of the maximum diameter for invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas was larger than 10 mm (sensitivity, 66.7%; specificity, 72.8%). CONCLUSIONS: The imaging features based on protocol G scanning can effectively help predict the histological invasiveness of pGGNs. The maximum diameter and representative attenuation are important parameters for predicting invasiveness. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Ultra-high-resolution computed tomography (U-HRCT) has improved image quality for displaying the detailed characteristics of disease states and lung anatomy. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively examine whether U-HRCT target scanning in the lateral or oblique body position (protocol G scan) could predict histological invasiveness of pulmonary adenocarcinoma manifesting as pure ground-glass nodules (pGGNs). METHODS: From January 2015 to December 2016, 260 patients with 306 pathologically confirmed pGGNs who underwent preoperative protocol G scans were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. The U-HRCT findings of preinvasive lesions [atypical adenomatous hyperplasias (AAH) and adenocarcinomas in situ (AIS)] and invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas [minimally invasive adenocarcinomas (MIA) and invasive adenocarcinomas (IAC)] were manually compared and analyzed using orthogonal multiplanar reformation (MPR) images. The logistic regression model was established to determine variables that could predict the invasiveness of pGGNs. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate their diagnostic performance. RESULTS: There were 213 preinvasive lesions (59 AAHs and 154 AISs) and 93 invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas (53 MIAs and 40 IACs). Compared with the preinvasive lesions, invasive adenocarcinomas exhibited a larger diameter (13.5 vs. 9.3 mm, P=0.000), higher mean attenuation (-571 vs. -613 HU, P=0.002), higher representative attenuation (-475 vs. -547 HU, P=0.000), lower relative attenuation (-339 vs. -292 HU, P=0.000) and greater frequencies of heterogeneity (P=0.001), air bronchogram (P=0.000), bubble lucency (P=0.000), and pleural indentation (P=0.000). Multiple logistic analysis revealed that larger diameter [odds ratio (OR), 1.328; 95% CI: 1.208-1.461; P=0.000] and higher representative attenuation (OR, 1.005; 95% CI: 1.003-1.007; P=0.000) were significant predictive factors of invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas from preinvasive lesions. The optimal cut-off value of the maximum diameter for invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas was larger than 10 mm (sensitivity, 66.7%; specificity, 72.8%). CONCLUSIONS: The imaging features based on protocol G scanning can effectively help predict the histological invasiveness of pGGNs. The maximum diameter and representative attenuation are important parameters for predicting invasiveness. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
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