Ground glass is an appearance on a CT of a cluster of lung cells that have changed. It can be, and often is, a precusor to lung cancer. Usually adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Aug 22, 2023 · @artist01 Are you sure they didn't say "ground glass opacities" - this is a typical finding on a lung x-ray during or after pneumonia or another lung infection. It simpply describes a gray area in the lung where "artifacts" of the infecton remain. This can be left-behind mucus, a bit of scar tissue, enlarged airways...

Sep 24, 2024 · Hello all, I just had my first LDCT lung scan, age 52, former smoker. Quit 15 years ago age 37. The findings were shocking to me. Nodule 1 - upper left lobe 7mm round, ground glass density, indistinct margin Nodule 2 - middle right lobe 5 …

Sep 7, 2023 · Macrophages break glass down? “ Macrophages engulf the dust particles, which are then removed from the lungs through the mucociliary clearance system [4].“ Perhaps in very limited quantities. Rather a distortion as to “breaking silica down”. Silicosis causes lung damage and should not be trifled with.

Oct 21, 2023 · In my annual lung CT scan today, they found a new 11.9 x 26.1 x 15.2 mm region of ground glass opacity laterally in the right middle lobe which may be "postinflammatory", according to them. What does the new finding indicate in terms of cause, characteristics, prognosis, and treatment? Is this potentially a serious condition?

Speckled. High ESR. High inflammation markers, and a low positive scl-70. Everything else seems to be in normal range. I did a pulmonary function test which was normal. I had a cat scan that shows a linear scar in medial r lobe that has not changed since 2017 and mild ground -glass opacities in lower lobes. It also said probable small airway ...

Jul 21, 2023 · Bonnie GGO are common and are just a hazy thing that used to indicate early adinocarcinoma of the lung. Now they indicate inflammation and other things that are going on in the lung. I’ve had that for over ten years. MAC is a blessing really - now that you have a doctor you are comfortable with he will watch you and your lungs.

Jan 17, 2025 · An "opacity" is a hazy, grayish area that partially obscures a good view in a lung image, similar to frosted (or ground) privacy glass in a window. Typically this would be reported as a "ground glass opacity". A "nodule" is a round(ish) white image surrounded by dark lung tissue.

Ground-glass opacities are abnormal findings on a CT scan of the lungs. They are hazy areas that do not obscure the underlying structures of the lung, such as the bronchial airways and blood vessels. They are found in people with various lung conditions and …

Jun 1, 2023 · I recently had an annual CT Scan done. We were just checking to see if 3 black spots were still on my lower left lung or had they grown. The CT Scan came back with several abnormality's. Such as Ground glass opacities within the lungs probably on the basis of motion and examination acquired in expiration. I have had this awful cough since Nov 2022.