P-177GROWTH RATE OF GROUND-GLASS NODULE TUMOURS FOLLOWED UP FOR 5 YEARS OR LONGER

Approach to the ground-glass nodule.

The detection of ground-glass opacity (GGO) is increasingly common. Sufficient data have been accumulated to formulate recommendations for observation, intervention, and treatment modalities. However, an understanding of many nuances and uncertainties in the available data is needed to avoid making management errors. This article discusses the range of possible entities, risk factors and charac...

Evaluation of pure ground glass pulmonary nodule: a case report

A pulmonary nodule is a single, nearly spherical, well-circumscribed pulmonary opacity up to 30 mm in diameter and surrounded by aerated lung tissue. In radiographs, pulmonary nodules may appear as solid, completely obscuring the lung parenchyma, or as subsolid, not completely obscuring adjacent tissues. A subsolid pulmonary nodule may be further subclassified as a pure ground glass nodule (pGG...

Preoperative Flexible Bronchoscopy in Patients with Persistent Ground-Glass Nodule

There are no accurate data on the diagnostic value of preoperative flexible bronchoscopy (FB) for persistent ground-glass nodule (GGN) of the lung. We evaluated the value of preoperative FB in patients with suspected GGN-type lung cancer. We retrospectively searched a database for subjects who had 'ground-glass opacity', 'non-solid nodule', 'part-solid nodule', or 'sub-solid nodule' on chest co...

Ground-Glass Nodule Characterization in High-Resolution CT Scans

This chapter presents a comprehensive review of the literature related to ground-glass nodules (GGNs) and evaluates effectiveness of RAGF algorithm, proposed by our previous work [45, 46], for pulmonary nodule characterization of GGN cases in the high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images. The literature on GGNs in radiology, pathology and medical image analysis are surveyed and discusse...

Primary Pulmonary MALT Lymphoma with Ground-glass Nodule