Jun 2, 2005 13:08
18 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

tênue opacidade em video fosco, de 7,0mm

Portuguese to English Other Medical (general)
This is part of a report on a computerized tomography (CT scan) of the chest. The sentence continues,

"localizada no segmento apical do lobo inferior interface pleuro-parênquimatosa, esta imagem tem características inespecíficas"

Discussion

Cesar Sanchez Jun 2, 2005:
Yes!
Non-ProZ.com Jun 2, 2005:
I just realized I think the doctor made a mistake, it should be "em vidro fosco" which would translate as "ground-glass opacity";

Proposed translations

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Portuguese term (edited): t�nue opacidade em video fosco, de 7,0mm
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[area of] ground-glass attenuation measuring 7.0 mm

The phrase is redundant; it's either "ground-glass opacity" or "ground-glass attention," which are synonymous. "Ground-glass" already implies that the image is tenuous. There are several hits below from the National Library of Medicine, which attempts to standardize medical vocabulary.

Ground-glass opacity or ground-glass attenuation is a nonspecific term and is
www.amjmedsci.com/pt/re/ajms/ fulltext.00000441-200305000-00006.htm

The areas of ground-glass attenuation were 1.8-11 cm in longest diameter. A focal,
isolated area of ground-glass attenuation changed into mixed areas with ...
radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/199/2/485

Focal Fibrosis as a Cause of Localized Ground Glass Attenuation (GGA) -CT and MR
Findings- ... Key words:, ground glass attenuation, lung, thin-section CT, ...
www.nv-med.com/rm/abstract.php?bn=20022002&no

Ground-glass attenuation in nodular bronchioloalveolar carcinoma ...
PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to assess the CT patterns and prognostic
value of ground-glass...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=9530382&dopt=Abstract

Importance of ground-glass attenuation in chronic diffuse ...
PURPOSE: To correlate areas of ground-glass attenuation at computed tomography (CT)
with findings at...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=8234692&dopt=Abstract - Similar pages
[ More results from www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ]

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography - Abstract: Volume 22(2 ...
Ground-Glass Attenuation in Nodular Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma: CT Patterns and
... Results: We detected five patterns of ground-glass attenuation ...
www.jcat.org/pt/re/jcat/ abstract.00004728-199803000-00010.htm - Similar pages

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography - Fulltext: Volume 21(4 ...
Four patients had nodules with a halo of ground-glass attenuation. Three patients
had focal areas of ground-glass attenuation in both lungs. ...
www.jcat.org/pt/re/jcat/ fulltext.00004728-199707000-00016.htm - Similar pages
[ More results from www.jcat.org ]

Journal of Thoracic Imaging - Fulltext: Volume 17(1) January 2002 ...
HRCT demonstrated patchy areas of ground-glass attenuation and numerous nodules
... The regions of ground-glass attenuation seen surrounding the nodules ...
www.thoracicimaging.com/pt/re/ jti/fulltext.00005382-200201000-00012.htm

Journal of Thoracic Imaging - Fulltext: Volume 17(3) July 2002 p ...
The scans revealed numerous small nodules of ground-glass attenuation that were
thought to represent additional MPMNs (Fig. 1E). These lesions presented in ...
www.thoracicimaging.com/pt/re/ jti/fulltext.00005382-200207000-00008.htm

Peer comment(s):

agree Sormane Gomes : also w/ your comment. Good refs.
1 hr
Thanks, Sormane!
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Portuguese term (edited): t�nue opacidade em video fosco, de 7,0mm

Slight 7.0mm ground glass opacity

Updated!
Peer comment(s):

agree Henrique Magalhaes
2 days 20 hrs
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