These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Role of computed tomography and mediastinoscopy in preoperative staging of lung carcinoma.
    Author: Brion JP, Depauw L, Kuhn G, de Fracquen P, Friberg J, Rocmans, Struyven J.
    Journal: J Comput Assist Tomogr; 1985; 9(3):480-4. PubMed ID: 3989041.
    Abstract:
    One hundred fifty-three patients with bronchogenic carcinoma were evaluated prospectively by CT and mediastinoscopy. Nodes larger than 5 mm were considered potentially metastatic. All results were correlated with surgical findings. Computed tomography is more sensitive (89%) in the detection of mediastinal metastases than mediastinoscopy (67%). Computed tomography has a poor predictive value (47%); however, a negative examination is highly accurate (89%). Within a group of 100 node sites, 72% of the nodes involved by tumor were larger than 1 cm in diameter. Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma have the highest percentages of sensitivity by CT. The very low incidence of metastatic involvement in nodes under 5 mm allows one to forego mediastinoscopy in the presence of a negative CT.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]