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...Conclusión: los hallazgos de TACAR en los pulmones de pacientes con diseminacióndel espacio aéreo (consolidación y patrón en "vidrio
esmerilado") y opacidades centrilobulares. El compromiso del espacio

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:0VV2H9icigcJ:www.rila.c...

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Chest Imaging
Ground-glass attenuation
(also called ground-glass opacity), a nonspecific term that refers to the radiographic appearance of hazy lung opacity not associated with obscuration of underlying vessels (Fig.1). Although ground-glass opacity is sometimes said to be present on plain radiographs, it is more clearly shown on HRCT. This finding can reflect the presence of minimal thickening of the "septal" or alveolar interstitium, thickening of alveolar walls, or the presence of cells or fluid partially filling the alveolar spaces. Ground-glass opacity has been seen in patients with histological findings of mild or early interstitial inflammation or infiltration.

Ground-glass opacity is a highly significant finding on HRCT, as it often indicates the presence of an active and potentially treatable process; active disease is present in more than 80% of patients who show this finding. Because of its association with active lung disease, the presence of ground-glass opacity often leads to further diagnostic evaluation, including lung biopsy.

Because ground-glass opacity can reflect the presence of either fibrosis or inflammation, one should be careful to suggest the presence of an active process only when ground-glass opacity is unassociated with HRCT findings of fibrosis. If ground-glass opacity is seen only in lung regions that also show evidence of fibrosis, such as intralobular interstitial thickening, honeycombing or traction bronchiectasis, it is most likely that this finding reflects fibrosis rather than an active process.

it is not sufficient to say either

ground glass

or

opaque glass


as this would mean that there literally WAS ground glass/opaque glass in the lung fields, which would be most unpleasant...

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For the record

I still cannot get my head round "ground glass infiltrates"

I can get my head round

ground-glass like infiltrates.

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Banging on again, I know

For the record, I base my answers on UK findings.

Admittedly you do get "ground glass infiltrates" on various sites, but not bona fide medical ones in the UK (that I can find)....most of the UK sites put "ground-glass" in inverted commas, which does illustrate the point I have been making

The English language is very subtle, and I think my comments about my own language should be respected by colleagues who are non-native English speakers.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=ground gla...