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ground glass opacification
Etiology:
- interstitial lung disease
- interstitial pneumonia (diffuse ground glass opacities)
- ground glass opacities typical of interstitial pneumonia may appear during an acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis
- smoking-related diffuse parenchymal lung disease [1]
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- pneumocystis pneumonia [2]
- cytomegalovirus (CMV) - diffuse
- bronchiolitis obliterans
- suberosis
- acute silicosis
- lung adenocarcinoma may present as solitary pulmonary nodule with ground glass opacification
- fat embolism in the context of trauma
Radiology:
- chest X-ray or chest CT finding
Specific
subsolid nodule
General
abnormal imaging
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18, 19.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018, 2022.
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9)
Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2016