title: [The usefulness of CT in the preoperative diagnosis of metastatic lung nodules--a study with resected cases].
abstract: The reliability of the preoperative CT diagnosis was studied in patients with pulmonary metastases from osteosarcoma and colorectal cancer as compared with surgical and pathological findings. Seventy-six lesions among 111 surgically proven metastatic nodules were detected preoperatively by CT. But the predictive rate varied greatly depending upon the site and size of the lesions. CT is not so useful in subpleural and apical sites or with nodules of less than 0.2 cm in diameter.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morinaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed