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Causes of solitary pulmonary nodule may be classified into 5 categories: infectious, neoplastic, inflammatory, immunological, vascular, and miscellaneous. Common causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include: [[tuberculosis]], [[Lung cancer|primary lung cancer]], [[granulomas]], and [[rheumatic disease]]. | Causes of solitary pulmonary nodule may be classified into 5 categories: infectious, neoplastic, inflammatory, immunological, vascular, and miscellaneous. Common causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include: [[tuberculosis]], [[Lung cancer|primary lung cancer]], [[granulomas]], and [[rheumatic disease]].<ref name="pmid2019220">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lillington GA |title=Management of solitary pulmonary nodules |journal=Dis Mon |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=271–318 |year=1991 |pmid=2019220 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
Common malignant causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include:<ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002: 306-307 ISBN 1591032016 </ref> | Common malignant causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include:<ref name="DDX">Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002: 306-307 ISBN 1591032016 </ref> | ||
*Primary lung cancer | *Primary lung cancer | ||
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*Pulmonary sarcoma | *Pulmonary sarcoma | ||
Common benign causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include:<ref> | Common benign causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include:<ref name="pmid2019220">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lillington GA |title=Management of solitary pulmonary nodules |journal=Dis Mon |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=271–318 |year=1991 |pmid=2019220 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
'''Inflammatory''' | '''Inflammatory''' | ||
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===Less Common Causes=== | ===Less Common Causes=== | ||
Less common causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include: (in alphabetical order) <ref> | Less common causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include: (in alphabetical order)<ref name="pmid2019220">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lillington GA |title=Management of solitary pulmonary nodules |journal=Dis Mon |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=271–318 |year=1991 |pmid=2019220 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Amyloid]] | *[[Amyloid]] | ||
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Overview
Causes of solitary pulmonary nodule may be classified into 5 categories: infectious, neoplastic, inflammatory, immunological, vascular, and miscellaneous. Common causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include: tuberculosis, primary lung cancer, granulomas, and rheumatic disease.[1]
Causes
Common Causes
Common malignant causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include:[2]
- Primary lung cancer
- Lymphoma
- Carcinoid tumor
- Solitary metastasis
- Pulmonary sarcoma
Common benign causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include:[1]
Inflammatory
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
- Nocardial infection
- Parasite infection
Immunological
Vascular
Miscellaneous
Less Common Causes
Less common causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include: (in alphabetical order)[1]
- Amyloid
- Aneurysm of the pulmonary artery
- Breast cancer
- Bronchial atresia
- Bronchogenic cyst
- Cancers
- Chondroma
- Endometriosis
- Gastric Cancer
- Hemangioma
- Hypernephroma
- Hystiocytosis X
- Lipoid pneumonia
- Localized pleural effusion
- Localized scar
- Lymphoma
- Mucoid impaction
- Multiple myeloma
- Neurogenic tumor
- Pulmonary infarction
- Prostate cancer
- Rheumatoid nodule
- Sarcoma
- Seminoma
- Thyroid Cancer
- Varicose pulmonary vein