ground glass opacification
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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]
- interstitial pneumonia (diffuse ground glass opacities)
- 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
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18, 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018, 2022.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9) Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2016