[Surgical therapy for impalpable small lung lesion; confirmation method by means of combining computed tomography (CT)-guided marking with soft X-ray radiography].
OBJECTIVE
We examined the usefulness of soft X-ray radiography of the specimen which was obtained by the lung wedge biopsy.


METHODS
From September 2002 to September 2005, we entered the 10 cases (5 men and 5 women) which were consisted of 15 lesions. We performed lung wedge biopsy after computed tomography (CT)-guided lung marking, and then confirmed the lesion in the specimen by means of soft X-ray radiography.


RESULTS
We could confirm impalpable small lung lesions in all cases.


CONCLUSIONS
The confirmation method of impalpable small lung lesion that combined CT-guided lung marking with soft X-ray radiography was very useful.
Ohi
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Japan.
Matsushita
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Neyatani
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Suzuki
K
K
Kazui
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D018255:Adenomatosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*