Malignant Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: Enhancement Patterns on Contrast-enhanced Dynamic CT with the Histopathologic Evaluation

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: We wanted to evaluate the potential role of dynamic incremental computed tomography (CT) for making the diagnosis of malignant solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) by investigating the dynamic enhancement patterns. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty patients with presumed malignant SPN (diameter 0.05). CONCLUSION: Dynamic incremental chest CT was useful for making the diagnosis of malignant SPN that showed an established dynamic contrast enhancement pattern regardless of the histopatholgic subtypes.