Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Centrilobular ground-glass opacification on pulmonary HRCT
HP:0025180
What it means
A hazy area of increased attenuation in centrilobular areas of the lung with preserved bronchial and vascular markings seen on a computer tomography scan. Centrilobular refers to a location that is central within secondary pulmonary lobules.
Rare diseases that can present with this2
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Centrilobular groundglass opacification · Centrilobular groundglass opacity
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