Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Finnish term or phrase:
kirkastuma
English translation:
lucency, lucent lesion
Finnish term
United Kingdom
kirkastuma
brightness?
bright area?
thanks
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| 5 | lucency, lucent lesion |
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| 4 | white spot |
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| White spot? |
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Feb 12, 2019 09:21: Tarja Karjalainen Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Finland
Reliable; attention to detail
Native in: Finnish 
Works in: English to Finnish, Finnish to English
lucency, lucent lesion
https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/lehti/2002/10/duo92961
In radiology, a region in an image caused by an absorber of lower x-ray attenuation than its surrounding tissues; in general, the opposite of opacity. https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/lucency
NOFs are typically a multiloculated lucent lesion with a sclerotic rim.
A focal area of increased lucency is often seen in the femoral neck at the junction of the compressive and tensile trabeculae.
white spot
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Reference comments
White spot?
Burton says [...] a tumor nodule in the lung could appear on any scan or X-ray image as a small, dense, white spot or so-called coin lesion that could easily be interpreted as a fungal infection, tuberculosis-related granuloma or benign tissue mass.
What do white spots mean in a bone scan? White spots show up on a bone scan around the dark spots, which indicate an increased accumulation of radioactive material from the scan. In other words, the white areas surround the dark areas...
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