title: [Assessment by three-dimensional CT of pleural indentation or invasion by peripheral lung cancer].
abstract: We evaluated the effectiveness of three-dimensional (3D) CT for pleural indentation or invasion by peripheral lung cancer adjacent to pleura. Pleural indentation was shown in three of nine cases on conventional CT, and six cases were demonstrated three-dimensionally. 3D-CT was superior to conventional CT in demonstrating pleural indentation. Pleural invasion could not be assessed on 3D-CT because the pleura adjacent to the tumor was not visualized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kobe University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Itouji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kono
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*