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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 pulmonary mass is lung cancer. Other common causes of pulmonary mass include hamartoma, Hodgkin's lympohoma, granuloma, lipoma, tuberculosis, and aspergillosis.
Causes
Common Causes
The common causes of lung mass include:ref>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.
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* 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)</ref>.[1]
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- Lung cancer
- Hamartomas
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Pleural malignant mesothelioma
- Metastasis
- Fibroma
- Lymphoma
- Asbestos
- Lung abscess
- Lipomas
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Silica
- Smoking
- Tuberculosis
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical / poisoning | 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 |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Pulmonary carcinoid tumor, Bronchus neuroendocrine tumor, Typical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, Atypical carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor, Large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung, pheochromocytoma |
| Environmental | Smoking, Cigarrettes, Cigars, Pipes, Environmental tobacco smoke, 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, 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 |
| 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 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 |
- ↑ 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) - ↑ 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) - ↑ "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. - ↑ Template:Cite paper