subsolid nodule

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Introduction

A focal, rounded opacity seen on lung CT pure ground glass in appearance (focal density with underlying lung architecture preserved) or is part solid with > 50% ground glass.

Radiology

Complications

  • development of a solid component in a pure ground glass nodule or enlargement of the solid component of the subsolid nodule suggests a malignany etiology[1]

More general terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022