Clinical and imaging findings of intrapulmonary lymph node

TANG Li-ping; WU Jian-lin

Journal of China Clinic Medical Imaging ›› 2016, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (11) : 826-828.

TANG Li-ping, WU Jian-lin

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With the appearance and rapid development of spiral CT technology, detection ability of micro and small lesions in lungs is increasing. The researches were lack of understanding in intrapulmonary lymph nodes(IPLN) in the past, which resulted in plenty unnecessary surgeries. Especially in case of lung cancer with IPLN which tended to be misdiagnosed as IPLN metastasis was more likely to cause excessive medical care. So it is significant to diagnose IPLN validly and accurately combined with clinical and imaging methods, exploring its imaging findings. The detection rate of IPLN is increasing with wide application of spiral CT. Clinical and imaging manifestation of IPLN were reviewed in this article in order to improve its preoperative diagnosis level.

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Lymph nodes / Lung diseases / Tomography, spiral computed

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TANG Li-ping, WU Jian-lin. Clinical and imaging findings of intrapulmonary lymph node[J]. Journal of China Clinic Medical Imaging. 2016, 27(11): 826-828

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