Sarcopenia as determined using preoperative computed tomography could be used to predict postoperative major complication and prognosis in patients with resected NSCLC. Our results may provide some important information for preoperative management.
In NSCLC patients, positive EGFR mutation status may be associated with longer VDT, which seemed to have a slowly progressive and less-aggressive character. More accurate evaluation of VDT may be helpful for understanding the natural history of EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC and treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
It is essential to understand individual pulmonary anatomy, and the relationship between the tumor and surrounding organ, when lung resection is conducted. Recently, many anomalous pulmonary venous variations have been detected using three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT). Herein, we report the case of a 62-year-old women with lung cancer and an anomalous right upper lobe pulmonary vein that drained into the left atrium between the pulmonary artery and bronchus. Preoperative 3D-CT clearly demonstrated the anomalous pulmonary vein, and we safely performed lung resection by thoracoscopic surgery. Therefore, 3D-CT images can help ensure the safety of patients with aberrant vasculature during lung resection.
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