Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

Evaluation of malignant lung masses by CT

Dr Ankur Chandra, Dr C. Raychaudhuri

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AIM AND OBJECTIVES: • To evaluate the malignant lung pathologies on XRAY AND CT according to age, gender,occupation and habitat. • To diagnose and confirm the pathological cell type of malignant lung mass on the basis of CT appearance and by comparison with histopathology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 50 patients who were referred to the department of radiodiagnosis for XRAY and CT scan from OPDs of Dhiraj hospital with signs and symptoms of lung cancer .PA chest xray and CT scan were examined.Final diagnosis was based on clinical, radiological , laboratory and histopathological findings. CONCLUSION:CT scan is a good modality for the detection of primary lung carcinoma.It can also predict the size , location of the tumor, along with evaluation of its internal characteristics like margins, calcification, necrosis, cavitations, spiculation. Associated features like mediastinal lymphadenopathy, pleural effusion and metastases to liver, lung, adrenals could also be studied accurately.However it cannot reliably separate one histological cell type from the other based on the above mentioned findings.While certain characteristics were very common in a particular histological cell type and a combination of findings could be used to distinguish one type from the other.

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EVALUATION OF MALIGNANT LUNG MASSES BY CT, DR ANKUR CHANDRA, DR C.RAYCHAUDHURI INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-1 | January-2020

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