ArticleEuropean radiology2007
Focal interstitial fibrosis manifesting as nodular ground-glass opacity: thin-section CT findings.
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- Pulmonary focal fibrosis associated with microscopic arterio-venous fistula manifesting as focal ground-glass opacity on thin-section CT.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2013Article
- Multidetector CT features of pulmonary focal ground-glass opacity: differences between benign and malignant.The British journal of radiology · 2012Article
- Long term follow-up for small pure ground-glass nodules: implications of determining an optimum follow-up period and high-resolution CT findings to predict the growth of nodules.Japanese journal of radiology · 2012Article
- Predictive CT findings of malignancy in ground-glass nodules on thin-section chest CT: the effects on radiologist performance.European radiology · 2009Article
- Pulmonary subsolid nodules: what radiologists need to know about the imaging features and management strategy.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey)Review
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe the thin-section computed tomographic (CT) features of focal interstitial fibrosis manifesting as nodular ground-glass opacity (GGO) and its changes during follow-up. The thin-section CT findings of pathologically proven focal interstitial fibrosis manifesting as nodular GGO were retrospectively evaluated in nine patients (five women and four men; mean age, 59.3 years; age range, 34-81 years). The thin-section CT findings of each lesion were analyzed for multiplicity, location, shape, margin characteristics, pleural retraction or vascular convergence, size and internal attenuation, lesion internal features and lesion changes on follow-up CT scans (mean 90 days, range 5 to 215 days). All lesions manifested as a solitary nodular GGO (100%), and seven of the nine lesions (77.8%) were located in the upper lobe. Focal interstitial fibrosis was round or oval in shape in five cases (55.6%), complex in shape in three cases (33.3%) and polygonal in one case (11.1%). Lesion margins were smooth in five patients (55.6%), irregular in three (33.3%) and spiculated in one (11.1%). Pleural retraction or vascular convergence was present in two patients (22.2%). Lesions measured 4.8 mm to 25.5 mm (mean, 11.5 mm) and had attenuations ranging from -151 to -699 HU (mean, -514.7 HU). Eight (88.9%) manifested as pure nodular GGOs and one as mixed GGO with a spiculated margin. In all patients, no lesion changes were observed in follow-up CT scans. Focal interstitial fibrosis manifesting as nodular GGO usually presents as a solitary nodule with pure GGO on thin-section CT, which does not change significantly during follow-up.
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