PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fariba Rezaeetalab
AU  - Kamran Aryana
AU  - Davood Attaran
AU  - Reza Bagheri
AU  - Farshid Nattagh
AU  - Shahrzad Mohamadzadeh Lari
AU  - Saeed Akhlaghi
AU  - Fateme Naghavi Riyabi
AU  - Shima Sheibani
AU  - Zohre Adinepour
TI  - The role of octreotate scan in discrimination of solitary pulmonary nodule
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P235
VI  - 42
IP  - Suppl 57
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P235.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P235.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2013 Sep 01; 42
AB  - BackgroundSolitary Pulmonary Nodule (SPN) is one of the most controversial clinical findings in patients. The aim of this study is to use “Tc-EDDA/HYNIC-Octreotate scan” technique to evaluate nodules.Materials and methodsFrom 2008 to 2010, 21 patients with SPN underwent OCT scan after the initial assessment with HRCT and then accurate histopathologic diagnosis was established by TTNB, VAT and thoracotomy. After demographic evaluations, specificity and sensitivity of this method was studied.ResultsForty two patients were included in our study of which 24 were male and 18 were female. Their mean age was 45±14.3 years. 43% of the patients were symptom-free and in patients with pulmonary complaints, the most prevalent symptom was cough. Final histopathology tests proved that 28 cases (67%) were benign and 14 (33%) were malignant. The diagnostic technique used in our study had no false negative and there were only 6 cases of false positive. Sensitivity and specificity of this method are 100% and 79% respectively and the diagnostic accuracy is 86%.ConclusionOCT scan can be helpful in evaluating patients with SPN and to reach a sensible decision on the method of treatment.