• Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
CHEGuo-wei, Email: chebenben2005@163.com
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Increasing evidence suggests that there is a close relationship between pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO) and early-stage lung cancer, especially bronchial alveolar carcinoma in the early stage. With the use of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), more and more GGO patients have been identified. Correct diagnosis and surgical indications should be determined according to the image characteristics including proportion and size of GGO in a pulmonary nodule as well as intraoperative quick pathological examination to avoid unnecessary surgical resection. Therefore, early detection and correct diagnosis of GGO are very important to improve patient prognosis.

Citation: TIANLong, SHENCheng, CHEGuo-wei. Research Progress of Pulmonary Ground-glass Opacity. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015, 22(4): 371-374. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20150098 Copy

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