lung tumor

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|symptoms = Coughing (including coughing up blood), weight loss, shortness of breath, chest pains{{cite book | vauthors = Horn L, Lovly CM | title=Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine | publisher=McGraw-Hill | veditors=Jameson JL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Loscalzo J | year=2018 | chapter=Chapter 74: Neoplasms of the lung | edition=20th | isbn=978-1259644030 }}

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Lung tumors are neoplastic lung nodules. These include:

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Primary tumors of the lung/pulmonary system:

• Bronchial leiomyoma, a rare, benign tumor
• Lung cancer,{{Cite web |title=What Is Lung Cancer? {{!}} Types of Lung Cancer |url=https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/about/what-is.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.cancer.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=What Is Lung Cancer? {{!}} CDC |url=https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/basic_info/what-is-lung-cancer.htm |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.cdc.gov |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |date=2017-10-23 |title=Lung cancer |url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lung-cancer/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=nhs.uk |language=en}}{{Citation |last1=Siddiqui |first1=Faraz |title=Lung Cancer |date=2022 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482357/ |work=StatPearls |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=29493979 |access-date=2023-01-24 |last2=Vaqar |first2=Sarosh |last3=Siddiqui |first3=Abdul H.}}{{Cite journal |last1=Dela Cruz |first1=Charles S. |last2=Tanoue |first2=Lynn T. |last3=Matthay |first3=Richard A. |date=December 2011 |title=Lung Cancer: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention |journal=Clinics in Chest Medicine |language=en |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=605–644 |doi=10.1016/j.ccm.2011.09.001 |pmc=3864624 |pmid=22054876}} the term commonly used to refer to carcinoma of the lung
• Pulmonary carcinoid tumor
• Pleuropulmonary blastoma
• Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Kamran |date=2023-01-24 |title=Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung |url=https://drkamranali.com/neuroendocrine-tumours-of-the-lung/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Dr Kamran Ali |language=en-GB}}
• Lymphomas of the lung.{{cite journal |vauthors=Giménez A, Franquet T, Prats R, Estrada P, Villalba J, Bagué S |title=Unusual primary lung tumors: a radiologic-pathologic overview |journal=Radiographics |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=601–19 |year=2002 |pmid=12006690 |doi=10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma25601 |url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma25601 |access-date=2014-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007080104/http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma25601# |archive-date=2014-10-07 |url-status=dead }}
• Sarcomas of the lung.{{cite journal |vauthors=Gladish GW, Sabloff BM, Munden RF, Truong MT, Erasmus JJ, Chasen MH |title=Primary thoracic sarcomas |journal=Radiographics |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=621–37 |year=2002 |pmid=12006691 |doi=10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma17621 |doi-access=free }}
• Some rare vascular tumors of the lung

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