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Table 2 Final diagnosis according to cytological and pathological results of lymph nodes (n = 149)

From: Quantitative computed tomography texture analysis: can it improve diagnostic accuracy to differentiate malignant lymph nodes?

Diagnosis

n (%)

Lung cancer

 NSCLC

53 (35.5)

  Squamous cell carcinoma

16 (10.7)

  Adenocarcinoma

20 (13.4)

 SCLC

16 (10.7)

 Neuroendocrine carcinoma

1 (0.7)

Metastasis from extrathoracic malignancy

6 (4.0)

Lymphoma

3 (2.0)

Tuberculosis

1 (0.7)

Sarcoidosis

4 (2.7)

Amyloidosis

3 (2.0)

Reactive hyperplasia

54 (36.2)

Nonspecific inflammation

5 (3.4)

Fungal infection

1 (0.7)

Necrosis

4 (2.7)

Leiomyoma

2 (1.3)

Non-diagnostic

13 (8.9)

  1. NSCLC, Non-small cell lung cancer; SCLC, Small cell lung cancer