Indeterminate pulmonary nodules in colorectal cancer

Table 4 Clinicopathologic features of patients with benign lung nodules

Case No.	Sex/age	Primary tumor location	Primary operation	TNM stage	Interval to lung OP (mo)	PET	Histology of pulmonary lesions
1	M/70	HF	RHC	0	4	+	Tuberculosis
2	F/35	TC	T-C	II	23	+	Tuberculosis
3	M/66	RS	LAR	II	60	-	Chronic granulomatous inflammation
4	F/58	HF	RHC	II	60	+	Chronic granulomatous inflammation
5	M/70	SC	AR	III	88	-	Chronic granulomatous inflammation
6	M/51	SC	AR	I	29	-	Pleural fibrosis and fatty metaplasia
7	F/69	AC	RHC	II	3	+	Pleural fibrosis and fatty metaplasia
8	M/53	RS	AR	III	34	-	Anthracofibrotic nodule
9	F/58	AC	RHC	IV	26	+	Anthracofibrotic nodule
10	F/71	TC	T-C	II	8	+	Aspergillosis

AC: Ascending colon; AR: Anterior resection; F: Female; HF: Hepatic flexure colon; LAR: Low anterior resection; M: Male; OP: Operation; PET: Positron emission tomography; RHC: Right hemicolectomy; RS: Rectosigmoid colon; SC: Sigmoid colon; T-C: Transverse colectomy; TC: Transverse colon; TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis.