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Table 2 Laboratory and radiological criteria of the studied patients

From: Prevalence and pattern of isolated fungi from bronchoalveolar lavage among patients with lung cancer: a prospective cross-sectional study

Variables

Total cases (100)*

CT data

no (%)*

• Mass

80 (80%)

• Cavity

8 (8%)

• Collapse

8 (8%)

• Bilateral nodules

6 (6%)

• Ground glass opacities

8 (8%)

• Consolidation

6 (6%)

• Thoracic lymph node

98 (98%)

• Pleural effusion

23 (23%)

Chest CT distribution of lung cancer

no (%)*

• Right upper lobe

23 (23%)

• Right middle lobe

35 (35%)

• Right lower lobe

15 (15%)

• Left upper lobe

22 (22%)

• Left lower lobe

8 (8%)

• Bilateral

6 (6%)

Total laboratory results:

Mean ± SD

Range:

• WBCS (× 103)

10.02 ± 4.11

(2.6–21.5)

• Lymphocytes (%)

25.77 ± 10.70

(4.5–56)

• Neutrophils (%)

75.00 ± 82.29

(36.05–81.3)

• Eosinophils (%)

1.01 ± 0.89

(0.01–4)

  1. *The cumulative number was not identical to that of the studied cases as some patients present with more than one radiological pattern in CT chest and tumor involved more than one lobe of the lung