Evaluation Of Lung Masses Using Multi Detector Computed Tomography And Correlation With Ct Guided Histo Pathological Diagnosis

Abstract

I N T R O D U C T I O N newline1 newlineINTRODUCTION newlineThe various Lung masses includes lung carcinoma, hamartoma newlinefibroma, aneurysm leiomyoma, infarct mycetoma, tubercular newlinelymphadenopathy lymph node enlargement, and tuberculoma. newlineCarcinoma bronchus is by far the commonest and most important newlineprimary tumor of lung. Is the only visceral malignancy which gives newlinean early roentgen clue of its existence and it is not infrequent for newlinephysician to encounter patients referred for the evaluation of a spot newlineor abnormality having been discovered as an incidental finding on a newlinechest roentgenogram. newlineThe discovery of lung mass instead of concluding the newlinephysician adds to the diagnostic dilemma where he has to summon newlineall his clinical skills and years of experience to come to any newlineconclusion. newlineCT serves double role in the patient suspected to have a lung newlinecarcinoma based on the plain chest radiograph. Initially, it may newlinesubstantially facilitate the diagnostic evaluation, by providing more newlineprecise characterization of the size, contour, extent and tissue newlinecomposition of suspicious lesion. newlineI N T R O D U C T I O N newline2 newlineThe difficulty is to differentiate between indeterminate newlinepulmonary mass/nodule? In fact. Is it cancer, or is it not cancer? newlineDepending on the series in the medical literature approximately 40% newlineof all resected pulmonary nodules are malignant. newlineThe area of interest of the research if the ability to evaluate newlinelung masses on its own and to differentiate them in terms of benign newlineand malignant with reasonably high degree of accuracy. It has more newlineto offer for lesions which are indeterminate on CT evaluation, newlineTransthoracic biopsy can be performed on such lesions using CT newlineguidance. The most valid argument favoring the performance of an newlineinvasive procedure like Transthoraci c biopsy is, the short of newlinethoracotomy. newlineSuch histological diagnosis is not only required for small newlineoperable cases but also for inoperable cases in which palliative newlinetreatment is imperative. newline newline