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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
inflammation or tumor ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... GroundGlassOpacity #GroundGlass ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
#Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Mosaic #GroundGlass ... #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
an obstructing tumor ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
cell carcinoma #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #GGO ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
called 'vanishing tumor ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
The second most common chest wall abnormalities that we see on a CXR are metastases in
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Tumor #Metastases ... RibMetastases #RadiologyAssistant
On the PET-CT there is both a tumor in the left lung, aswell as in the
there is both a tumor ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Lobar #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Here an example of a large lesion in the right lower lobe, which is difficult to
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RLL #Tumor ... Subtle #Diaphragm #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
#Clinical #Radiology ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #GroundGlass ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant