Adenocarcinoma of the lung differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shanshan Cen, M.D. [2]
Overview
Adenocarcinoma of the lung must be differentiated from atypical adenomatous hyperplasia of the lung, adenocarcinoma in situ, squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, small cell carcinoma of the lung, malignant mesothelioma, and metastatic adenocarcinoma.
Differential Diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma of the lung must be differentiated from:[1]
- Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia of the lung
- Adenocarcinoma in situ
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
- Small cell carcinoma of the lung
- Malignant mesothelioma
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma
- Colorectal adenocarcinoma
- Breast adenocarcinoma
- Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast
- Invasive lobular carcinoma
- Amyloidosis
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Thymoma
- Tracheal tumors
- Thyroid mass
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Lung abscess[2]
- Pneumonia
- Fungal infection
- Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia[3]
References
- ↑ Adenocarcinoma of the lung. Librepathology 2015. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Adenocarcinoma_of_the_lung
- ↑ Kamiya K, Yoshizu A, Misumi Y, Hida N, Okamoto H, Yoshida S (2011). "[Lung abscess which needed to be distinguished from lung cancer; report of a case]". Kyobu Geka. 64 (13): 1204–7. PMID 22242302.
- ↑ Matsuoka T, Uematsu H, Iwakiri S, Itoi K (2013). "[Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia presenting as a solitary nodule, suspicious of lung cancer;report of a case]". Kyobu Geka. 66 (10): 941–3. PMID 24008649.