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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
in ground glass pattern ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO # ... GroundGlassOpacity #GroundGlass
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
with ground glass pattern ... The differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO # ... MosaicAttenuation
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
on a chest x-ray ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
often easiest to see ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #NodularPattern ... Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
On the left we see ... cell carcinoma #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #GGO ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
a patient with GGO ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #GroundGlass ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
the ground-glass pattern ... two cases with GGO ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass ... #GGO #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
with ground glass pattern ... enlargement of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO # ... Thromboembolism #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
'diseases' per se ... have specific patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant