Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2875572 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Metastasectomy by thoracotomy, which affords bimanual palpation of the entire lung, discovers ipsilateral non-imaged malignant pulmonary metastases in 1 of 5 patients who had at least 1 imaged metastatic pulmonary lesion. This is true despite preoperative, fine cut chest CT scan with contrast, and integrated 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET-CT scanning. The clinical significance of these non-imaged, resected malignant nodules is unknown, nor is the added morbidity of resecting benign nodules.
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Authors
Robert J. MD, Ayesha S. MD, Todd P. MD, Douglas J. MD,