Lung mass causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Carlos A Lopez, M.D. [2]
Causes
Common Causes
- Asbestos
- Coal
- Fibroma
- Hamartomas
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Lung abscess
- Lymphoma
- Lipomas
- Metastasis
- Pleural malignant mesothelioma
- 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 |