ground glass

[¦grau̇nd ′glas]

(optics)

A sheet of matte-surfaced glass on the back of a view camera or process camera so that the image of the subject can be focused on it; it is exactly in the film plane.

Ground glass

Glass whose surface has been roughened with an abrasive, diffusing the light passing through it; produced by sand blasting or etching with acid.

ground glass

Glass having a surface that has been roughened, usually by sandblasting or by acid, to make it nontransparent.

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There was a significant correlation between the serum HO-1 and the serum surfactant protein- (SP-) D and the ground glass opacity (GGO) score; however, there was no significant correlation of serum HO-1 with serum KL-6 or with the honeycomb score both in all enrolled patients (a, b) and IPF patients (c, d).

Clinical Significance of Serum Hemeoxygenase-1 as a New Biomarker for the Patients with Interstitial Pneumonia

In conclusion, TSC presented as MMPH is a rare disease, and further examinations should be performed when multiple ground glass nodules were found in chest CT scan.

A Tuberous Sclerosis Family with TSC1 (c.1030-1G>A) Mutation Found through a Female Presenting as Multiple Ground Glass Nodules in Chest Computed Tomography Incidentally

Sarcoidosis: The presence of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, nodular opacities and micronodules along bronchovascular bundles, central bronchovascular thickening and nodularity, confluent nodular opacities with air bronchograms, ground glass opacities, crowding and central retraction of bronchi and vessels near the hilae, and pleural or subpleural nodules.13

Spectrum of interstitial lung disease from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi

Caption: Figure 3: CT chest showing bilateral ground glass opacities consistent with congestive heart failure (case 2).

Pulmonary Hemorrhage following Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair

Here, we report a case of PCP with an unusual radiographic appearance consisting of nodular opacities without ground glass on chest CT.

Unusual Radiographic Presentation of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Patient with AIDS

In our series, consolidations were seen in lungs of 5 patients with associated branching nodular opacities and small cavities (Figure.7), which is a classical finding of pulmonary tuberculosis.In two cases,there were periconsolidation ground glass halos which strongly represented invasive aspergillosis.

HRCT LUNG FINDINGS IN POST CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS EMERGING CHALLENGE FOR RADIOLOGISTS

This abnormal bone commonly has the appearance of ground glass on radiographs.

Fibrous dysplasia of the mandible in a pediatric patient

A spokesman said: "According to the World Health Organisation, a tenth of all cigarettes consumed worldwide are illegal, while illicit tobacco has been found to contain asbestos, ground glass, rat and mouse droppings, dead insects, floor sweepings, dust and hay.

Counterfeit cigs 'could contain rat droppings'

On HRCT imaging, RB is usually characterized by bronchial wall thickening and poorly defined ground glass centrilobular nodules, and sometimes by more extensive ground glass opacities, which are typically upper zonal and midzonal.

Respiratory Bronchiolitis With Fibrosis-Interstitial Lung Disease: A New Form of Smoking-Induced Interstitial Lung Disease

According to the company, it provides superior optics due to its exclusive integrated optical design featuring 12molded glass lenses compared with 32-56 expensive ground glass lenses typically used in reusable arthroscopes.

Integrated Endoscopy to Launch Single-Use Arthroscope at AORN