Central and peripheral pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytomas: multi-phase CT study and comparison with Ki-67
Categoria dell'articolo: Research Article
Pubblicato online: 04 set 2023
Pagine: 310 - 316
Ricevuto: 28 apr 2023
Accettato: 21 lug 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2023-0042
Parole chiave
© 2023 Yanli Zhang et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Background
This study aimed to evaluate the multi-phase CT findings of central and peripheral pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytomas (PSPs) and compared them with Ki-67 to reveal their neoplastic nature.
Patients and methods
Multi-phase CT and clinical data of 33 PSPs (15 central PSPs and 18 peripheral PSPs) were retrospectively analyzed and compared their multi-phase CT features and Ki-67 levels.
Results
For quantitative indicators, central PSPs were larger than peripheral PSPs (10.39 ± 3.25 cm3
Conclusions
The location of PSP is a possible contributing factor to its diverse imaging-pathological findings. The tumor size, multi-phase enhancement, qualitative signs, and Ki-67 were different between central and peripheral PSPs. Combined tumor size, multi-phase findings, and Ki-67 level are helpful to reveal the nature of the borderline tumor.