Lung tumor

Lung tumors are neoplastic lung nodules. These include:

Lung tumor
A chest X-ray showing a tumor in the lung (marked by arrow)
Specialty	Oncology Pulmonology
Symptoms	Coughing (including coughing up blood), weight loss, shortness of breath, chest pains[1]
Complications	Lung cancer
Causes	Smoking Radon gas Asbestos Air pollution Genetics

Primary tumors of the lung/pulmonary system:

• Bronchial leiomyoma, a rare, benign tumor
• Lung cancer,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} the term commonly used to refer to carcinoma of the lung
• Pulmonary carcinoid tumor
• Pleuropulmonary blastoma
• Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung^[7]
• Lymphomas of the lung.^[8]
• Sarcomas of the lung.^[9]
• Some rare vascular tumors of the lung^[8]

Non-lung tumors which may grow into the lungs:

• Mediastinal tumors
• Pleural tumors

Metastasis or secondary tumors/neoplasms with other origin:

• Metastasis to the lung

See also

• Lung nodule