Ghon focus

focus /fo·cus/ (fo´kus) pl. fo´ci [L.]

1. the point of convergence of light rays or sound waves.

2. the chief center of a morbid process.fo´cal

epileptogenic focus the area of the cerebral cortex responsible for causing epileptic seizures.

Ghon focus the principal parenchymal lesion of primary pulmonary tuberculosis in children.

Ghon focus,

the primary parenchymal lesion of primary pulmonary tuberculosis in children. When it is associated with a corresponding lymph node focus, it is known as Ghon's complex.

focus [fo´kus] (pl. fo´ci) (L.)

1. the point of convergence of light rays or sound waves.

2. the chief center of a morbid process.

Ghon focus the primary parenchymal lesion of primary pulmonary tuberculosis in children; when associated with a corresponding lymph node focus, it is known as the primary or Ghon complex. Called also Ghon tubercle.

grid focus in radiology, a determination made by drawing an imaginary line from the outside of the width of the grid to where it intersects with a centering point. Called also grid radius.

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AICC
AIDS dementia complex
AIDS-related complex
APCC
atrial complex
atrial premature complex
benign lymphoepithelial lesion
castration complex
complex
Eisenmenger's complex
Electra complex
exstrophy-epispadias complex
factor IX complex
fibrous tubercle
foci
focus
Ghon's tubercle
Golgi complex
immune complex

A chest x-ray performed prior to his discharge from the hospital had revealed a Ghon focus, and a sputum culture was positive for acid-fast bacilli.

Laryngeal oncocytic cyst presenting with an acute onset of stridor by Puttasiddaiah, Paramesh M.; Berry, Sandeep; Whittet, Heikki B.; Kumar, Manoj / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal