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Pulmonary opacity HP:0031457 #6700

Closed pnrobinson closed 3 years ago

pnrobinson commented 3 years ago

HPO term

Suggested revision of textual definition

Opacity refers to any area that preferentially attenuates the x-ray beam and therefore appears more opaque than the surrounding area. It is a nonspecific term that does not indicate the size or pathologic nature of the abnormality.

PMID:18195376

Parent term (use hpo.jax.org/app) Abnormal pulmonary thoracic imaging finding HP:0031983

pnrobinson commented 3 years ago

parenchymal opacification -- should this be the parent term?

Parenchymal opacification of the lungs may or may not obscure the margins of vessels and airway walls. Consolidation in- dicates that definition of these margins (excepting air bronchograms) is lost within the dense opacification, whereas ground-glass opacity indicates a smaller increase in attenuation, in which the definition of underlying structures is preserved. The more specific terms consolidation and ground-glass opacity are preferred. (See also consol- idation, ground-glass opacity.)

Parent term (use hpo.jax.org/app) Abnormal pulmonary thoracic imaging finding HP:0031983

pnrobinson commented 3 years ago

done