Analysis of solitary pulmonary nodule after surgical resection in patients with 18F-FDG positron emission tomography integrated computed tomography in the preoperative work-up.

Introduction: To analyse clinicopathological characteristics of patients operated for pulmonary solitary nodule (PSN) and 18F-FDG integrated PET-CT scan after surgical resection.

Methodology: Retrospective study on a prospective database of patients operated from January 2007 to October 2017 for PSN without preoperative diagnosis. Dependent variable was anatomopathological result (benign vs malignant) of PSN.