Pure ground glass nodules

Last revised by Yuranga Weerakkody on 28 Jan 2024

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Bell D, Rock P, et al. Pure ground glass nodules. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-28314

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-28314

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/28314

rID:

28314

Article created:

20 Mar 2014, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

28 Jan 2024, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Yuranga Weerakkody had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

13 times, by 4 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest, Oncology

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

stub, cases

Synonyms:

Pure ground glass lung nodules
Pure ground glass pulmonary nodules
Pure ground glass nodular opacities
Pure ground glass nodular opacity
Pure ground glass lung nodule
Pure ground glass pulmonary nodule
Nonsolid nodule
Pure ground glass nodule pGGN
Pulmonary subsolid nodules
Pulmonary subsolid nodule

Pure ground glass lung nodules (pGGN's) are a subtype of ground glass lung nodules where there is no associated solid component.

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