Abstract
ObjectiveTo evaluate the relationship between the clinical and imaging features of ground glass opacity (GGO) localized using a preoperative Hook-wire guidewire and postoperative pathology. MethodPreoperative Hook-wire guidewire localization was performed in 83 patients with GGO less than 2 cm, and their clinical data, imaging data, and postoperative pathology findings were retrospectively analyzed. The images were classified as pure GGO (pGGO) or mixed GGO (mGGO). The relationship between clinical and imaging features and postoperative pathology was analyzed. ResultThe 83 cases were colocalized, and the success rate of the guidewire positioning was 100%. Complications included pneumothorax (19.2% [16/83]) and the incidence of minor bleeding (30.2 [25/83]). Forty-seven patients had mGGO and 36 had pGGO. Among the 47 cases of mGGO, 18 (38.3%) were invasive adenocarcinoma (IAC), 18 (38.3%) were microinvasive adenocarcinoma (MIA), 8 (17.0%) were adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), 2 (4.3%) were atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH), and 1 (2.1%) was benign. Among the 36 cases of pGGO, 6 (16.7%) were IAC, 13 (36.1%) were MIA, 8 (22.2%) were AIS, 2 (5.6%) were AAH, and 7 (19.4%) cases were benign lesions. A significantly higher proportion of patients with IAC had mGGO than pGGO (21.7% vs. 7.2%, respectively; p = 0.004). Among patients with mGGO, a higher proportion of them had a nodule diameter of ≥1 cm than those with a diameter of <1 cm (25.5% vs. 12.8%, respectively; p = 0.003). There was no significant difference in age, location distribution, or pathological type. ConclusionPreoperative CT-guided Hook-wire guidewire positioning was safe with minor complications. A significantly higher proportion of patients with IAC had mGGO than pGGO. Patients with mGGO and a nodule diameter ≥1 cm require active treatment.
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