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Lung tumor
Lung tumors are neoplastic lung nodules. These include:
| Lung tumor | |
|---|---|
| A chest X-ray showing a tumor in the lung (marked by arrow) | |
| Specialty | Oncology Pulmonology |
| Symptoms | Coughing (including coughing up blood), weight loss, shortness of breath, chest pains[1] |
| Complications | Lung cancer |
| Causes | Smoking Radon gas Asbestos Air pollution Genetics |
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Primary tumors of the lung/pulmonary system:
- Bronchial leiomyoma, a rare, benign tumor
- Lung cancer,[2][3][4][5][6] the term commonly used to refer to carcinoma of the lung
- Pulmonary carcinoid tumor
- Pleuropulmonary blastoma
- Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung[7]
- Lymphomas of the lung.[8]
- Sarcomas of the lung.[9]
- Some rare vascular tumors of the lung[8]
Non-lung tumors which may grow into the lungs:
Metastasis or secondary tumors/neoplasms with other origin:
- Metastasis to the lung
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ Horn L, Lovly CM (2018). "Chapter 74: Neoplasms of the lung". In Jameson JL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Loscalzo J (eds.). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (20th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-1259644030.
- ^ "What Is Lung Cancer? | Types of Lung Cancer". www.cancer.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ "What Is Lung Cancer? | CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ "Lung cancer". nhs.uk. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Siddiqui, Faraz; Vaqar, Sarosh; Siddiqui, Abdul H. (2022), "Lung Cancer", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 29493979, retrieved 2023-01-24
- ^ Dela Cruz, Charles S.; Tanoue, Lynn T.; Matthay, Richard A. (December 2011). "Lung Cancer: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention". Clinics in Chest Medicine. 32 (4): 605–644. doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2011.09.001. PMC 3864624. PMID 22054876.
- ^ Ali, Kamran (2023-01-24). "Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung". Dr Kamran Ali. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ a b Giménez A, Franquet T, Prats R, Estrada P, Villalba J, Bagué S (2002). . Radiographics. 22 (3): 601–19. doi:10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma25601. PMID 12006690. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ Gladish GW, Sabloff BM, Munden RF, Truong MT, Erasmus JJ, Chasen MH (2002). "Primary thoracic sarcomas". Radiographics. 22 (3): 621–37. doi:10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma17621. PMID 12006691.