Pleuropulmonary lesions concomitant with lung tumor in the same lobe. HRCT-pathologic correlations

Sixty five pleuropulmonary lesions on HRCT in 19 patients with lung tumor were correlated with pathological findings after lobectomy. These lesions were classified as nodule (n=30), pleural thickening (n=10), area of ground-glass attenuation (n=8), consolidation (n=1), linear opacity (n=8), bronchial wall thickening (n=2), bulla (n=1), and dependent density (n=5) on HRCT, which were correlated with the pathology and discussed for differential diagnosis. HRCT of the entire lobe containing tumor is useful as a preoperative evaluation. (author)