To compare prognostic differences between dry pleural dissemination (DPD) and wet pleural dissemination (WPD) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) andto review the applicability of computed tomographic (CT) findings of DPD for rendering the diagnosis of this disease.
Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea.