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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;9(3):816-818.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2020.03.19.

Screening-detected pure ground-glass opacities: malignant potential beyond conventional belief?

Peter S Y Yu  1 , Joyce W Y Chan  1 , Rainbow W H Lau  1 , Calvin S H Ng  1
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Editorial

Screening-detected pure ground-glass opacities: malignant potential beyond conventional belief?

Peter S Y Yu et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2020 Jun.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tlcr.2020.03.19). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
18FDG PET-CT scan showing an elongated shaped pure GGO with maximum diameter 1.2 cm with adjacent prominent surrounding vessels in right upper lobe without FDG activity, presenting with hypermetabolic large N2 lymph nodes. CT-guided biopsy of GGO and endobronchial ultrasound biopsy of mediastinal lymph node confirmed primary lung adenocarcinoma with mediastinal lymph node metastases.
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