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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> | 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>. Solitary pulmonary nodules can be life-threatening if they are [[malignant]] [[neoplasms]], cardio-pulmonary diseases and [[infection]], requiring prompt diagnosis and differentiation from benign etiologies. | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== |
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Overview
Common causes of solitary pulmonary nodule, include: tuberculosis, primary lung cancer, granulomas, and rheumatic disease.[1]. Solitary pulmonary nodules can be life-threatening if they are malignant neoplasms, cardio-pulmonary diseases and infection, requiring prompt diagnosis and differentiation from benign etiologies.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
- Adenocarcinoma
- Blastoma
- Breast cancer
- Bronchial adenoma
- Bronchogenic carcinoma
- Carcinoid tumor
- Chondroma
- Gastric cancer
- Granuloma
- Hamartoma
- Hamartomatosis
- Hemangioma
- Hematoma
- Hypernephroma
- Large cell lung carcinoma
- Lymphoma
- Metastasis
- Multiple myeloma
- Neurogenic tumor
- Non-hodgkin lymphoma
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Primary lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Pulmonary sarcoma
- Sarcoma
- Seminoma
- Small cell lung cancer
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Thyroid cancer
- Pulmonary abscess
- Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hamartoma
- Pulmonary infarction
- Tuberculosis
- Parasite infection
Common Causes
Common malignant causes of pulmonary nodule include:[2]
- Primary lung cancer
- Lymphoma
- Carcinoid tumor
- Solitary metastasis
- Pulmonary sarcoma
Common benign causes of pulmonary nodule include:[1]
Inflammatory
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
- Nocardial infection
- Parasite infection
Immunological
Vascular
Miscellaneous