Lung mass causes: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
 
(3 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
==Overview==
==Overview==


The most common cause of a pulmonary mass is lung cancer. Other common causes of pulmonary mass include hamartoma, Hodgkin's lympohoma, granuloma, lipoma, tuberculosis, and aspergillosis.
The most common cause of a lung mass is [[lung cancer]]. Other common causes of lung mass include [[hamartoma]], [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]], [[granuloma]], [[lipoma]], [[tuberculosis]], and [[aspergillosis]].


==Causes==
==Causes==
===Common Causes===
Common causes of lung mass include:<ref>{{cite web | last =CDC | authorlink =Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |title =1986 Surgeon General's report: the health consequences of involuntary smoking | publisher =CDC | date =Dec 1986 | url =http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000837.htm | pmid =3097495 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite book | last =National Research Council | title =Environmental tobacco smoke: measuring exposures and assessing health effects | publisher =National Academy Press | date =1986 | url =http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=943#toc | isbn =0-309-07456-8 }}<br />* {{cite paper | author =EPA | authorlink=United States Environmental Protection Agency | title =Respiratory health effects of passive smoking: lung cancer and other disorders | publisher =EPA | date =1992 | url =http://cfpub2.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=2835 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =California Environmental Protection Agency | title =Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke | journal =Tobacco Control | volume =6 | issue =4 | pages =346–353 | date =1997 |url =http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/tobacco/caets/ets-main.htm | pmid =9583639 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =CDC | authorlink=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | title =State-specific prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults, and policies and attitudes about secondhand smoke—United States, 2000 | journal =Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | volume =50 | issue =49 | pages =1101–1106 | publisher =CDC | date =Dec 2001 | url =http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5049a1.htm | pmid =11794619 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =Alberg | first =AJ | coauthors =Samet JM | title =Epidemiology of lung cancer | journal =Chest | volume =123 | issue =S1 | pages =21S-49S | publisher =American College of Chest Physicians | date =Jan 2003 | url =http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/123/1_suppl/21S | pmid =12527563 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}</ref><ref name="Parent">{{cite journal | last =Parent | first =ME | coauthors = Rousseau MC, Boffetta P et al. | title =Exposure to diesel and gasoline engine emissions and the risk of lung cancer | journal =American Journal of Epidemiology | volume =165 | issue =1 | pages =53–62 | date =Jan 2007 | pmid = 17062632 }}</ref><ref name="Boffetta">{{cite journal | last =Boffetta | first =P | coauthors = Agudo A, Ahrens W et al. | title =Multicenter case-control study of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in Europe | journal =Journal of the National Cancer Institute |volume =90 | issue =19 | pages =1440–1450 | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =Oct 1998 | url =http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/90/19/1440 | pmid =9776409 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}</ref><ref name="Committee">{{cite web | title =Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health | publisher =Department of Health |date =Mar 1998 | url =http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/contents.htm | accessdate =2007-07-09 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =Hackshaw | first =AK | title =Lung cancer and passive smoking | journal =Statistical Methods in Medical Research | volume =7 | issue =2 | pages =119–136 | date =Jun 1998 | pmid =9654638 }}</ref><ref name="NHMRC">{{cite paper | author =National Health and Medical Research Council | title =The health effects and regulation of passive smoking |publisher =Australian Government Publishing Service | date =Apr 1994 | url =http://www.obpr.gov.au/publications/submission/healthef/index.html | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}</ref>
The common causes of lung mass include:ref>{{cite web | last =CDC | authorlink =Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |title =1986 Surgeon General's report: the health consequences of involuntary smoking | publisher =CDC | date =Dec 1986 | url =http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000837.htm | pmid =3097495 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite book | last =National Research Council | title =Environmental tobacco smoke: measuring exposures and assessing health effects | publisher =National Academy Press | date =1986 | url =http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=943#toc | isbn =0-309-07456-8 }}<br />* {{cite paper | author =EPA | authorlink=United States Environmental Protection Agency | title =Respiratory health effects of passive smoking: lung cancer and other disorders | publisher =EPA | date =1992 | url =http://cfpub2.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=2835 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =California Environmental Protection Agency | title =Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke | journal =Tobacco Control | volume =6 | issue =4 | pages =346–353 | date =1997 |url =http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/tobacco/caets/ets-main.htm | pmid =9583639 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =CDC | authorlink=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | title =State-specific prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults, and policies and attitudes about secondhand smoke—United States, 2000 | journal =Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | volume =50 | issue =49 | pages =1101–1106 | publisher =CDC | date =Dec 2001 | url =http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5049a1.htm | pmid =11794619 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =Alberg | first =AJ | coauthors =Samet JM | title =Epidemiology of lung cancer | journal =Chest | volume =123 | issue =S1 | pages =21S-49S | publisher =American College of Chest Physicians | date =Jan 2003 | url =http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/123/1_suppl/21S | pmid =12527563 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}</ref>.<ref name="Parent">{{cite journal | last =Parent | first =ME | coauthors = Rousseau MC, Boffetta P et al. | title =Exposure to diesel and gasoline engine emissions and the risk of lung cancer | journal =American Journal of Epidemiology | volume =165 | issue =1 | pages =53–62 | date =Jan 2007 | pmid = 17062632 }}</ref>
<ref name="Boffetta">{{cite journal | last =Boffetta | first =P | coauthors = Agudo A, Ahrens W et al. | title =Multicenter case-control study of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in Europe | journal =Journal of the National Cancer Institute |volume =90 | issue =19 | pages =1440–1450 | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =Oct 1998 | url =http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/90/19/1440 | pmid =9776409 | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}</ref><ref name="Committee">{{cite web | title =Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health | publisher =Department of Health |date =Mar 1998 | url =http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/contents.htm | accessdate =2007-07-09 }}<br />* {{cite journal | last =Hackshaw | first =AK | title =Lung cancer and passive smoking | journal =Statistical Methods in Medical Research | volume =7 | issue =2 | pages =119–136 | date =Jun 1998 | pmid =9654638 }}</ref><ref name="NHMRC">{{cite paper | author =National Health and Medical Research Council | title =The health effects and regulation of passive smoking |publisher =Australian Government Publishing Service | date =Apr 1994 | url =http://www.obpr.gov.au/publications/submission/healthef/index.html | accessdate =2007-08-10 }}</ref>
* [[Lung cancer]]
* [[Lung cancer]]
* [[Hamartomas]]
* [[Hamartomas]]
* [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]]
* [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]]
* Pleural [[malignant mesothelioma]]
* [[Pleural]] [[malignant mesothelioma]]
* [[Metastasis]]
* [[Metastasis]]
* [[Fibroma]]
* [[Fibroma]]
* [[Lymphoma]]
* [[Lymphoma]]
* [[Asbestos]]
* [[Asbestosis]]
* [[Lung abscess]]
* [[Lung abscess]]
* [[Lipomas]]
* [[Lipomas]]
* [[Rheumatoid arthritis]]
* [[Rheumatoid arthritis]]
* [[Silica]]
* [[Silicosis]]
* [[Smoking]]
* [[Smoking]]
* [[Tuberculosis]]
* [[Tuberculosis]]
Line 32: Line 30:
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Chemical / poisoning'''
| '''Chemical / poisoning'''
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Coal]], [[Asbestos]], [[Silica]], [[Bauxite]], [[Beryllium]], [[Iron]], [[Radon]], Cotton dust, Mixed dust containing silica and iron, Mixed dust containing iron, Silica and anthophyllite, Tin oxide, ash from the explosive volcano
| bgcolor="Beige" | Exposure to the following:
* Coal exposure
* [[Asbestos]]  
* [[Silica]]
* [[Bauxite]]
* [[Beryllium]]
* [[Iron]]
* [[Radon]]
* Cotton dust
* Mixed [[dust]] containing [[silica]] and [[iron]]
* Mixed [[dust]] containing [[iron]], [[silica]] and [[anthophyllite]]
* Tin oxide and ash from an exploding [[volcano]]
|-
|-
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
Line 48: Line 57:
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Endocrine'''
| '''Endocrine'''
| bgcolor="Beige" | Pulmonary carcinoid tumor, Bronchus neuroendocrine tumor, Typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, Atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, Large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung, [[pheochromocytoma]]
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Carcinoid tumor of the lung|Pulmonary carcinoid tumor]], [[bronchial]] [[Neuroendocrine tumors|neuroendocrine tumor]], [[Carcinoid tumor|typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor]], [[Carcinoid tumor|atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor]], [[Large cell carcinoma of the lung|large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung]], [[pheochromocytoma]]
|-  
|-  
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Environmental'''
| '''Environmental'''
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Smoking]], Cigarrettes, Cigars, Pipes, [[Environmental tobacco smoke]], [[Pollution]]
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Smoking]], [[Environmental tobacco smoke]], [[air pollution]]
|-
|-
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
Line 60: Line 69:
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Genetic'''
| '''Genetic'''
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Small cell carcinoma]]
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Small cell lung cancer|Small cell carcinoma]]
|-
|-
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
Line 92: Line 101:
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Oncologic'''
| '''Oncologic'''
| bgcolor="Beige" | '''Benign''': [[Hamartomas]], Bronchial adenomas, [[Chondromas]], [[Fibroma]], [[Lipomas]]  
| bgcolor="Beige" | '''Benign''': [[Hamartomas]], [[bronchial]] [[Adenoma|adenomas]], [[Chondromas]], [[Fibroma]], [[Lipomas]]  


'''Malignant''': [[Small cell carcinoma]], [[Non small cell lung cancer]], [[Adenocarcinoma]], [[Aquamous cell carcinoma]], Large cell carcinoma, Pulmonary carcinoid tumor, [[pleuropulmonary blastoma]], Bronchus neuroendocrine tumor, Typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, Atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, Large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung, [[Lymphomas]], Sarcomas, Vascular tumors
'''Malignant''': [[Small cell lung cancer|Small cell carcinoma]], [[Non small cell lung cancer]], [[Adenocarcinoma]], [[Squamous cell carcinoma]], [[Large cell carcinoma of the lung|large cell carcinoma]], [[Carcinoid tumor of the lung|pulmonary carcinoid tumor]], [[pleuropulmonary blastoma]], [[bronchial]] [[neuroendocrine tumor]], [[Carcinoid tumor|typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor]], [[Carcinoid tumor|atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor]], [[Large cell carcinoma of the lung|large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung]], [[Lymphomas|lymphoma]], [[sarcoma]], [[Vascular tumor|vascular tumors]]
|-
|-
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
Line 110: Line 119:
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Pulmonary'''
| '''Pulmonary'''
| bgcolor="Beige" | Pleural [[malignant mesothelioma]], Pleural sarcomas, Pleural angiosarcoma, Pleural desmoplastic small round cell tumor, Pleural synovial sarcoma, Pleural solitary fibrous tumor, Smooth muscle tumors of pleura, Benign leiomyoma, Malignant leiomyosarcoma, Pleural carcinomas, Pleural mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Pleural pseudomesotheliomatous adenocarcinoma
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Pleural]] [[malignant mesothelioma]], [[pleural]] [[Sarcoma|sarcomas]], [[pleural]] [[angiosarcoma]], [[pleural]] [[desmoplastic small round cell tumor]], [[pleural]] [[synovial sarcoma]], [[Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura|pleural solitary fibrous tumor]], [[smooth muscle]] [[Tumor|tumors]] of the [[pleura]], [[benign]] [[leiomyoma]], [[malignant]] [[leiomyosarcoma]], [[pleural]] [[Carcinoma|carcinomas]], [[pleural]] [[mucoepidermoid carcinoma]], [[pleural]] pseudomesotheliomatous [[adenocarcinoma]]
|-
|-
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
Line 134: Line 143:
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Miscellaneous'''
| '''Miscellaneous'''
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Mediastinal tumors]], [[Thymoma]], Thyroid tissue, Parathyroid lesions, [[Metastasis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" | [[Mediastinal tumors]], [[Thymoma]], [[thyroid]] [[Tissue (biology)|tissue]], [[Parathyroid gland|parathyroid]] [[Lesion|lesions]], [[Metastasis]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
[[Category:Up-To-Date]]
 
[[Category:Oncology]]
==References==
[[Category:Medicine]]
{{reflist|2}}
 
[[Category:Disease]]
[[Category:Types of cancer]]
[[Category:Pulmonology]]
[[Category:Pulmonology]]
[[Category:Surgery]]
[[Category:Lung cancer]]
 
{{Tumors}}
{{WikiDoc Help Menu}}
{{WikiDoc Sources}}

Latest revision as of 20:40, 13 June 2019

Lung Mass Microchapters

Home

Patient Information

Overview

Historical Perspective

Classification

Causes

Differentiating Lung Mass from other Diseases

Epidemiology and Demographics

Risk Factors

Screening

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Study of Choice

Evaluation of Lung Mass

Imaging of Lung Mass

History and Symptoms

Physical Examination

Laboratory Findings

Electrocardiogram

X-ray

Echocardiography and Ultrasound

CT scan

MRI

Other Imaging Findings

Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy

Surgery

Primary Prevention

Secondary Prevention

Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy

Lung mass causes On the Web

Most recent articles

Most cited articles

Review articles

CME Programs

Powerpoint slides

Images

American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Lung mass causes

All Images
X-rays
Echo & Ultrasound
CT Images
MRI

Ongoing Trials at Clinical Trials.gov

US National Guidelines Clearinghouse

NICE Guidance

FDA on Lung mass causes

CDC on Lung mass causes

Lung mass causes in the news

Blogs on Lung mass causes

Directions to Hospitals Treating bone or soft tissue mass

Risk calculators and risk factors for Lung mass causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Carlos A Lopez, M.D. [2]Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [3]

Overview

The most common cause of a lung mass is lung cancer. Other common causes of lung mass include hamartoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, granuloma, lipoma, tuberculosis, and aspergillosis.

Causes

Common causes of lung mass include:[1][2][3][4][5]

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning Exposure to the following:
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Pulmonary carcinoid tumor, bronchial neuroendocrine tumor, typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung, pheochromocytoma
Environmental Smoking, Environmental tobacco smoke, air pollution
Gastroenterologic Gastric lymphoma
Genetic Small cell carcinoma
Hematologic Lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Follicular lymphoma, Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Histoplasmosis, Coccidioidomycosis, Cryptococcosis, Aspergillosis, Tuberculosis, Lung abscess, Pneumonia
Musculoskeletal / Ortho No underlying causes
Neurologic Neurofibroma
Nutritional / Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic Germ cell tumors, Teratoma
Oncologic Benign: Hamartomas, bronchial adenomas, Chondromas, Fibroma, Lipomas

Malignant: Small cell carcinoma, Non small cell lung cancer, Adenocarcinoma, Squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, pulmonary carcinoid tumor, pleuropulmonary blastoma, bronchial neuroendocrine tumor, typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung, lymphoma, sarcoma, vascular tumors

Opthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary Pleural malignant mesothelioma, pleural sarcomas, pleural angiosarcoma, pleural desmoplastic small round cell tumor, pleural synovial sarcoma, pleural solitary fibrous tumor, smooth muscle tumors of the pleura, benign leiomyoma, malignant leiomyosarcoma, pleural carcinomas, pleural mucoepidermoid carcinoma, pleural pseudomesotheliomatous adenocarcinoma
Renal / Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy Rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener granulomatosis, Sarcoidosis
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Mediastinal tumors, Thymoma, thyroid tissue, parathyroid lesions, Metastasis

References

  1. ↑ CDC (Dec 1986). "1986 Surgeon General's report: the health consequences of involuntary smoking". CDC. PMID 3097495. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
    * National Research Council (1986). Environmental tobacco smoke: measuring exposures and assessing health effects. National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-07456-8.
    * Template:Cite paper
    * California Environmental Protection Agency (1997). "Health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke". Tobacco Control. 6 (4): 346–353. PMID 9583639. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
    * CDC (Dec 2001). "State-specific prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults, and policies and attitudes about secondhand smoke—United States, 2000". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. CDC. 50 (49): 1101–1106. PMID 11794619. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
    * Alberg, AJ (Jan 2003). "Epidemiology of lung cancer". Chest. American College of Chest Physicians. 123 (S1): 21S–49S. PMID 12527563. Retrieved 2007-08-10. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Parent, ME (Jan 2007). "Exposure to diesel and gasoline engine emissions and the risk of lung cancer". American Journal of Epidemiology. 165 (1): 53–62. PMID 17062632. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Boffetta, P (Oct 1998). "Multicenter case-control study of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in Europe". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Oxford University Press. 90 (19): 1440–1450. PMID 9776409. Retrieved 2007-08-10. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ "Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health". Department of Health. Mar 1998. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
    * Hackshaw, AK (Jun 1998). "Lung cancer and passive smoking". Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 7 (2): 119–136. PMID 9654638.
  5. ↑ Template:Cite paper

Template:Tumors

Template:WikiDoc Sources

Retrieved from "https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php?title=Lung_mass_causes&oldid=1572084"