Computed tomography in the diagnosis of lung cancer complicated by a secondary inflammatory process
In 13,7-51,4 % cases of lung cancer are complicated by secondary inflammation of the parenchyma. An infection, but not the incidence of tumor cause mortality among the majority of patients with complicated lung cancer. Among 63 (100 %) examined patients 28 (44,4 %) ones were diagnosed parenchyma changes. The most common forms of complicated lung cancer were obstructive pneumonitis (n = 13; 46,4 %) and the collapse of the tumor with the presence of inflammation (n = 9; 32,1 %). Inflammatory changes in parenchyma and mediastinal lymph nodes make significant adjustments to the evaluation in the course of computed tomography.