Pulmonary hamartoma
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients providing the written informed consent. (legal representatives are included in the case of a minor subjects) 2) Patients in whom diagnosis of lung cancer is not confirmed and pulmonary hamartoma or benign pulmonary tumor was doubted in chest CT. In addition, patients with bronchial intervention for bronchial hamartoma are eligible. 3) Patients with 10 mm or more of nodal shadow in minor axis by CT. 4) Patients who agree to enforcement of chemical shift MRI within 3 months after enrollment. 5) Patients who agree to tumor resection within 6 months after chemical shift MRI enforcement. 6) Age >= 18 years of age at the time of enrollment. 7) PS 0 or 1.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with apparent complication of suspicious primary or metastatic pulmonary tumors from imaging diagnosis and progress. 2) Patients with metastatic pulmonary tumor as primary lesion of 1:renal cell carcinoma, 2:hepatic cell carcinoma and 3:liposarcoma (because fat component is included in tumor) and without passed 5 year after occurrence of primary lesion. 3) Any other patients who are regarded as unsuitable for the study by the investigators. 4) Patients who can't medically and mentally have MRI examination 5) Patients who refuse the participation in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity and specificity of pulmonary hamartoma diagnosis by chemical shift MRI | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Positive predictive value in the range of virtual prevalence, ratio of each operative method (enucleation, wedge resection, segmental resection, lobectomy and others), exploration of cut-off value of signal intensity index. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kagoshima University Hospital Department of Operation