Predictive Factors for Local Recurrence of Resected Colorectal Lung Metastases Satoshi Shiono, MD, Genichiro Ishii, MD, Kanji Nagai, MD, Junji Yoshida, MD, Mitsuyo Nishimura, MD, Yukinori Murata, MT, Koji Tsuta, MD, Young Hak Kim, MD, Yutaka Nishiwaki, MD, Tetsuro Kodama, MD, Motoki Iwasaki, MD, Atsushi Ochiai, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 80, Issue 3, Pages 1040-1045 (September 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.033 Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Chest computed tomography showing a local recurrence. Local recurrence at the surgical margin was defined as a tumor developing on the stapling line, as visualized using chest computed tomography. (A) Pulmonary window setting image. (B) Mediastinal setting image. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 1040-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.033) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Aerogenous spread with floating cancer cell clusters was defined as the presence of tumor clusters lying free in the alveolar space and at least 0.5 mm from the main metastatic lesion (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 1040-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.033) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Micrometastasis was defined as a lesion that was not detected using chest computed tomography but that was detected histologically. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 1040-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.033) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions