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What is ground glass on a lung CT scan?

Lung Health | Last Active: Dec 4, 2023 | Replies (99)
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@pc2018

If I am interpreting things right, it sounds like there is a bunch of things that have 'ground glass' as a symptom. It may come and go..or just come. It may or may not be important depending on what is causing it and can, potentially, go away.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Dec 15, 2021

That pretty much sums it up!
I had "numerous ground glass opacities" when I had a bad lung infection. Now it is described as "lessened quantity and opacity, still present." My husband has them in his lungs from the particular type of rheumatoid arthritis that he has - his are described as "arthritis induced ground glass opaque streaks in lower lobes." My mother had them from chronic exposure to high levels of paper dust (39 years in the bindery industry.) And then there is Covid pneumonia...

So pulmonology needs to find your cause.
Sue

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Dec 15, 2021

Exactly. It's up to the doctor and your team (do you have one?) to determine what is causing them.

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