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Table 1 SPNs: final diagnosis and subtypes

From: Using neighborhood gray tone difference matrix texture features on dual time point PET/CT images to differentiate malignant from benign FDG-avid solitary pulmonary nodules

Type

Diagnosis

Number of cases

Benign

 

35

 

Active tuberculosis

9

Granuloma

8

Inflammatory pseudotumor

2

Non-specific inflammation

1

Parasite

1

Reduced nodules

9

Stable nodules

5

Malignant

 

81

 

Adenocarcinoma

45

Large Cell Carcinoma

2

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

2

NSCLC

9

Sarcomatoid carcinoma

1

SCLC

11

Squamous cell carcinoma

10

Thymic carcinoma

1