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1 From the Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi (Japan) University School of Medicine
2 From the First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi (Japan) University School of Medicine
Study objective: To reevaluate whether it is possible to reliably differentiate malignant mediastinal lymph nodes from benign nodes by size, and to determine the frequency of metastases to normal-sized mediastinal lymph nodes that directly affects the sensitivity for detecting malignant mediastinal lymph nodes (N2 nodes) on CT.
Design: Prospective study of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Setting: Department of Radiology and First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine.
Patients: We examined 40 patients with non-small cell lung cancer, who underwent thoracotomy because of operable stage (stage I, II, IIIA) in preoperative staging, using CT and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
Interventions: None.
Measurements and results: Lymph nodes 10 mm or greater in short-axis diameter on CT and TEE were considered abnormal. Furthermore, lymph node size was measured by TEE and nodal specimens in long-and short-axis diameter in each patient. Two hundred eight mediastinal lymph nodes were dissected and N2 nodes were present in 28% of patients (11/40); in 7 of these 11 patients (64%), mediastinal lymph node metastases were misdiagnosed on CT because of normal-sized N2 nodes. Furthermore, in 73% of N2 nodes, nodal size was normal on TEE. There were no significant difference in both diameters between malignant mediastinal lymph nodes and benign nodes on TEE and nodal specimens.
Conclusions: It is not possible to reliably differentiate malignant mediastinal nodes from benign nodes by size alone, and we should be aware of high frequency of normal-sized N2 nodes in patients with operable stage of lung cancer.
Key Words: computed tomography (CT) • lung neoplasm • lymph node
Submitted on August 11, 1995
Accepted on May 20, 1996
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