Table 2 Association between diagnosis obtained from biopsy and final diagnosis
Lung lesion | Biopsy outcome | Final diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fusion imaging group (N = 76) | Routine group (N = 69) | Fusion imaging group (N = 76) | Routine group (N = 69) | |
Malignant | ||||
Lung cancer | 50 | 37 | 51 | 46 |
Lymphoma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Metastatic carcinomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pulmonary sarcoma | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Benign | ||||
Tuberculosis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Organised pneumonia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Abscess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aspergillosis | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Infectious bronchiolitis | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Interstitial pneumonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Benign tumor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mycobacterial infection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Non-specific benign (fibrosis /inflammation /necrosis) | 15 | 19 | 10 | 11 |
Non-diagnostic | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |