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How do you manage a patient with multiple similar appearing ground glass opacities (~8-9) on Chest CT where one has been surgically removed and confirmed to be adenocarcinoma in situ?
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Medical Oncology · Indiana University School of Medicine
This is a common scenario. Determining the stage of lung cancer can be challenging. Many patients, especially those with chronic lung disease, will have multiple non-specific abnormalities seen on CT scans. The patient with multiple GGO's on CT can be especially challenging. GGO's can represent canc...