A well-defined ground glass shadow of the lungs is a CT term that mostly indicates benign infectious disease of the lungs.
CT examination is a non-invasive and painless means of diagnostic imaging. Compared with traditional X-ray imaging, CT images are true cross-sectional images with clear images, high density resolution, and no interference from tissues and structures outside the cross-sectional area, thus significantly expanding the scope of the human body examination and improving the detection rate and diagnostic accuracy of lesions.
Lung glass shadow border is clear for CT examination terminology, when benign infectious diseases occur in the lungs, CT examination of the lungs is often manifested as glass shadow, and the border is clear, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc., belonging to the inflammation exudation, absorption of fibrous hyperplasia formation of the lesion.
If the border of the lung glass shadow is blurred, we should be alert to the possibility of malignant changes, and should improve the relevant examinations as soon as possible to clarify the progress of the disease.
Based on the results of the examination of the clear boundaries of the lung glass shadow alone can not accurately determine the disease, but also need to be combined with the characteristics of the medical history, other test results to make an accurate judgment, it is recommended to clarify the disease under the guidance of a doctor.