Idiopathic Lung fibrosis - semiquantitative grading of fibrotic and ground glass score
Gay et al. used a semiquantitative score to objectively assess the extent of lung fibrosis. In the study, each lobe was scored separately and mean of all lobes was used as a fibrotic, ground glass, and total score for each patient.
| Alveolar score | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | no alveolar disease |
| 1 | ground glass opacity involving <5% of the lobe (minimal disease) |
| 2 | ground glass opacity involving <25% of the lobe |
| 3 | ground glass opacity involving 25 - 49% of the lobe |
| 4 | ground glass opacity involving 50 - 75% of the lobe |
| 5 | ground glass opacity involving >75% of the lobe |
| Interstitial score | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | no interstitial disease |
| 1 | interlobular septal thickening, no discrete honeycombing |
| 2 | honeycombing (± septal thickening) involving up to 25% of the lobe |
| 3 | honeycombing (± septal thickening) involving 25 -49% of the lobe |
| 4 | honeycombing (± septal thickening) involving 50 - 75% of the lobe |
| 5 | honeycombing (± septal thickening) involving >75% of the lobe |
References:
1. Gay, Steven E., Ella A. Kazerooni, Galen B. Toews, JOSEPH P. LYNCH III, Barry H. Gross, Phillip N. Cascade, David L. Spizarny et al. "Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: predicting response to therapy and survival." American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 157, no. 4 (1998): 1063-1072.
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