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What is ground glass on a lung CT scan?

Posted by chris8515 @chris8515, Dec 10, 2018

i was told by mayo its nothing serious, any other opinions?

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drrws | @drrws | Jan 27 8:13am
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@chris, welcome to Mayo Connect. I'd like to ask you a few questions. Who told you that ground glass isn't dangerous? Have you recently been diagnosed with lung cancer? Do you have symptoms at all?
Ground glass is an appearance on a CT of a cluster of lung cells that have changed. It can be, and often is, a precusor to lung cancer. Usually adenocarcinoma of the lung. I do not know if this type of cell change shows up anywhere else.

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@merpreb my son in law, age 62 facing same issue. Now hospitalized for pain control from spine Mets from adenocarcinoma Rt lung developed 5 years after ground glass lesion discovered in Rt upper lobe. The primary developed here.

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Lisa, Volunteer Mentor | @lls8000 | Jan 27 11:27am
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@merpreb my son in law, age 62 facing same issue. Now hospitalized for pain control from spine Mets from adenocarcinoma Rt lung developed 5 years after ground glass lesion discovered in Rt upper lobe. The primary developed here.

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@drrws , I'm sorry to hear that your family is facing this disease. It can be unpredictable and painful. I'm assuming that he was being monitored over the past five years. Is he scheduled for any treatments, other than the pain management? Hopefully they can get the cancer under control, and that will give him some pain relief too.

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