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(3) ground glass lung nodules?
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Apr 21, 2012 - 4:52 pm
Does anyone have expierence with this finding? After my Dr. Found a suspicious cyst on my kidney I read where these GG nodules are high probability for cancer 88% Can anyone shed some light on this? Just got the results in the mail today, dr. Didn't call. Thanks |
Joined: Apr 2012
ground glass nodules
Sounds similar to a CT result for my wife. NIH has this about it.
Malignant Pure Pulmonary Ground-Glass Opacity Nodules: Prognostic Implications
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647178/
Joined: Apr 2012
Thanks for the link, I wish
Thanks for the link, I wish they would make things a little easier to understand!
I'm also praying mine aren't malignant!
But I guess I'm playing the waiting game for
One of my Dr's step up and call me on this?
Joined: Feb 2012
Ground Glass Nodule follow up
All of your questions can be answered in the attached link at the bottom. The short answer to your question is below:
1) Are your GGNs "pure" or "mixed" (e.g. some portion of solid component)? This matters because pure = 30% chance of malignancy and mixed >=70% chance, hence the range you referenced.
2) Size matters where >10mm is much higher risk and <10mm much lower risk
3) Even if your pure GGN nodules <10mm are malignant, there is a 95% chance that it is either AAH (think mole type of lesion but not cancer yet) or AIS (new definition of BAC) which has a 100% 5 year survival rate among patients that had their pure GGNs resected (link below summarizes all of the research on this over the last 10 years--from Japan where GGNs are quite common). Only 5% of patients in this series of studies had AC from a persistent pure GGN <10mm in size. Most patients with stable non-growing GGNs that are <10mm in size simply watch and wait with serial CT scans every six months over several years. Patients with multiple pure GGNs are managed with the same protocols.
http://cancergrace.org/lung/topic/persistent-ground-glass-nodules-ggns-excellent-synthesis-of-the-research/
Joined: Jan 2013
GG Nodules
I had one GG nodule the same size located in the upper left lung. I complained about a strange pain I'd occassionally get in that area (usually with colds) and was determined it was really in the lung. After being seen by a few specialists with no confirmed testing I was told it was likely a spore due to living near river beds. I did follow up with CT scans over the coarse of 2 years and there was no change. Curious to keep reading and see what your results were. Hope you're ok. It's been 6 years and I still get frequent pain in that same area. Other than that I'm perfectly healthy to my knowledge.