Page 1216 |
DICOM PS3.16 2020a - Content Mapping Resource |
|
Code Value |
Code Meaning |
Definition |
Notes |
112115 |
Subpleural line |
A thin curvilinear opacity, a few millimeters or less in |
|
|
|
thickness,usuallylessthan1cmfromthepleuralsurface |
|
|
|
and paralleling the pleura [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112116 |
Tramline shadow |
Parallel or slightly convergent linear opacities that |
|
|
|
suggest the planar projection of tubular structures and |
|
|
|
that correspond in location and orientation to elements |
|
|
|
of the bronchial tree [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112117 |
Tubular shadow |
Paired, parallel, or slightly convergent linear opacities |
|
|
|
presumed to represent the walls of a tubular structure |
|
|
|
seen en face; used if the anatomic nature of a shadow |
|
|
|
is obscure [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112118 |
Density |
Theopacityofaradiographicshadowtovisiblelight;film |
|
|
|
blackening; the term should never be used to mean an |
|
|
|
"opacity" or "radiopacity" [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112119 |
Dependent opacity |
Subpleuralincreasedattenuationindependentlung.The |
|
|
|
increased attenuation disappears when the region of |
|
|
|
lung is nondependent; a.k.a. dependent increased |
|
|
|
attenuation [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112120 |
Ground glass opacity |
Hazyincreasedattenuationoflung,butwithpreservation |
|
|
|
of bronchial and vascular margins; caused by partial |
|
|
|
fillingofairspaces,interstitialthickening,partialcollapse |
|
|
|
ofalveoli,normalexpiration,orincreasedcapillaryblood |
|
|
|
volume [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112121 |
Infiltrate |
Any ill-defined opacity in the lung [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112122 |
Micronodule |
Discrete,small,round,focalopacityofatleastsofttissue |
|
|
|
attenuation and with a diameter no greater than 7 mm |
|
|
|
[Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112123 Phantom tumor (pseudotumor)A shadow produced by a local collection of fluid in one |
|
|
|
of the interlobar fissures, usually elliptic in one |
|
|
|
radiographic projection and rounded in the other, |
|
|
|
resembling a tumor [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112124 |
Shadow |
Anyperceptiblediscontinuityinfilmblackeningattributed |
|
|
|
to the attenuation of the X-Ray beam by a specific |
|
|
|
anatomic absorber or lesion on or within the body of the |
|
|
|
patient; to be employed only when more specific |
|
|
|
identification is not possible [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112125 |
Small irregular opacities |
Term used to define a reticular pattern specific to |
|
|
|
pneumoconioses [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112126 |
Small rounded opacities |
Term used to define a nodular pattern specific to |
|
|
|
pneumoconioses [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112127 |
Tree-in-bud sign |
Nodulardilationofcentrilobularbranchingstructuresthat |
|
|
|
resembles a budding tree and represents exudative |
|
|
|
bronchiolar dilation [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112128 |
Granular pattern |
Any extended, finely granular pattern of pulmonary |
|
|
|
opacity within which normal anatomic details are partly |
|
|
|
obscured [Fraser and Pare]. |
|
112129 |
Miliary pattern |
A collection of tiny discrete opacities in the lungs, each |
|
|
|
measuring 2 mm or less in diameter, generally uniform |
|
|
|
in size and widespread in distribution [Fraser and Pare]. |
|