Groundglass in luings

mommyof2kds
mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
in Colorectal Cancer #1
HI everyone, I haven't posted in a while but still lurk now and then. I recently had my scans and all were clear, 2 yrs from surgery date, or 17 mths from finished chemo treatments. Depends who you talk to about when you considered yourself cancer free, from surgery date or finished chemo date.. anyway, my chest CT showed whats called groundglass. I think it can indicate inflamation/infection and in very rare cases, a rase cancer. we are just going to repeat a CT in 8 weeks. Anyone else have this? Petrina

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  • mommyof2kds
    mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
    #2
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #3
    mommyof2kds said:

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    Sorry petrina, but can't help you despite I
    wish but first time l heard about.
    Hope some body can help on that!.
    Hugs!
  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth Member Posts: 1,258 Member
    #4
    I did a little research and
    it looks like you should just trust the doctors. It is most likely nothing, but, as you note, there is a small chance it is something.

    Here is an article from Applied Radiology:

    Ground glass opacity on CT scanning of the chest: What does it mean?

    Sorry we could not be of more help on this.
  • lesvanb
    lesvanb Member Posts: 905
    #5
    ground glass finding
    I also had this with my last PET/CT June 10 in the right apex of my lung. My oncologist is not that concerned since I had stereotactic radiation in January. The radiologist mentioned possibility of superimposed infection twice in the report; so it's that or inflammation of some sort. I do have a sticky clear mucous with a cough, had a cold in April, but nothing came back on the sputum culture. Since I'm also getting better and lungs are clearing, cough lessening, we're just waiting and watching. I get rescanned in September.

    all the best, Leslie

    PS Everything else was clear on the Pet/CT
  • mommyof2kds
    mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
    #6
    lesvanb said:

    ground glass finding
    I also had this with my last PET/CT June 10 in the right apex of my lung. My oncologist is not that concerned since I had stereotactic radiation in January. The radiologist mentioned possibility of superimposed infection twice in the report; so it's that or inflammation of some sort. I do have a sticky clear mucous with a cough, had a cold in April, but nothing came back on the sputum culture. Since I'm also getting better and lungs are clearing, cough lessening, we're just waiting and watching. I get rescanned in September.

    all the best, Leslie

    PS Everything else was clear on the Pet/CT

    Thanks for your info...
    Thanks for your info... Leslie, did they want to do a bronchoscopy? Petrina
  • lesvanb
    lesvanb Member Posts: 905
    #7
    mommyof2kds said:

    Thanks for your info...
    Thanks for your info... Leslie, did they want to do a bronchoscopy? Petrina

    bronchoscopy as a last resort
    and really, none of my doctors is very worked up about it; so I'm taking the cue and waiting for the next scan in Sept. One of my docs wants a chest x-ray when symptoms clear.

    Leslie

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