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Pulmonary mass

MedGen UID:
57697
Concept ID:
C0149726
Finding
Synonyms: Lung mass; Lung Mass; Pulmonary Mass
SNOMED CT: Lung mass (309529002)
 
HPO: HP:0033821

Definition

A mass in the lung seen on chest imaging is defined as an opacity greater than 3 cm in diameter (without regard to contour, border, or density characteristics). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPulmonary mass

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Raju SC, Peters GW, Decker RH, Park HS
Pract Radiat Oncol 2022 Mar-Apr;12(2):e110-e116. Epub 2021 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2021.11.006. PMID: 34861443
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Freixinet J
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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BMC Pulm Med 2023 Dec 1;23(1):484. doi: 10.1186/s12890-023-02749-1. PMID: 38041137Free PMC Article
O'Day J, Seelig D, Emanuelli M, Heinrich D
Vet Clin Pathol 2023 Dec;52(4):661-669. Epub 2023 Aug 1 doi: 10.1111/vcp.13250. PMID: 37528057
Bolton WD, Cochran T, Ben-Or S, Stephenson JE, Ellis W, Hale AL, Binks AP
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Bochard-Villanueva B, Estornell-Erill J, de la Espriella R, Hornero-Sos F, Ridocci-Soriano F
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014 Mar;15(3):248. Epub 2013 Oct 10 doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jet178. PMID: 24114578
Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus T, Haeckel T, Wagner T, von Scheidt W
Clin Res Cardiol 2010 Nov;99(11):693-700. Epub 2010 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s00392-010-0181-3. PMID: 20623129

Diagnosis

Watabe Y, Ujiie H, Matsuno Y, Fukui H, Fujiwara-Kuroda A, Kato T, Hida Y, Kaga K, Wakasa S
Chest 2021 Jul;160(1):e63-e67. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.034. PMID: 34246391
Han J, Xiang H, Ridley WE, Ridley LJ
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2018 Oct;62 Suppl 1:37. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.24_12785. PMID: 30309128
Sprenger K, Furrer H
BMJ Case Rep 2014 Nov 24;2014 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205608. PMID: 25422329Free PMC Article
Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus T, Haeckel T, Wagner T, von Scheidt W
Clin Res Cardiol 2010 Nov;99(11):693-700. Epub 2010 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s00392-010-0181-3. PMID: 20623129
Hartman MS, Epstein DM, Geyer SJ, Keenan RJ
Ann Thorac Surg 2004 Nov;78(5):1842-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.015. PMID: 15511494

Therapy

Papan C, Langer F, Bittenbring JT, Schäfers HJ, Bohle RM, Fries P, Becker SL
Chest 2020 Sep;158(3):e123-e126. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.02.083. PMID: 32892888
Sprenger K, Furrer H
BMJ Case Rep 2014 Nov 24;2014 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205608. PMID: 25422329Free PMC Article
Bochard-Villanueva B, Estornell-Erill J, de la Espriella R, Hornero-Sos F, Ridocci-Soriano F
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014 Mar;15(3):248. Epub 2013 Oct 10 doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jet178. PMID: 24114578
Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus T, Haeckel T, Wagner T, von Scheidt W
Clin Res Cardiol 2010 Nov;99(11):693-700. Epub 2010 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s00392-010-0181-3. PMID: 20623129
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Prognosis

Hussen WM
Saudi Med J 2022 Oct;43(10):1165-1167. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.10.20220294. PMID: 36261211Free PMC Article
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Bochard-Villanueva B, Estornell-Erill J, de la Espriella R, Hornero-Sos F, Ridocci-Soriano F
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014 Mar;15(3):248. Epub 2013 Oct 10 doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jet178. PMID: 24114578
Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus T, Haeckel T, Wagner T, von Scheidt W
Clin Res Cardiol 2010 Nov;99(11):693-700. Epub 2010 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s00392-010-0181-3. PMID: 20623129
Freixinet J
World J Surg 1997 Jun;21(5):475-9. doi: 10.1007/pl00012272. PMID: 9204733

Clinical prediction guides

Gao H, Liu C
J Int Med Res 2021 May;49(5):3000605211014383. doi: 10.1177/03000605211014383. PMID: 33990153Free PMC Article
Xie XH, Wang LQ, Qin YY, Lin XQ, Xie ZH, Liu M, Zhang JX, Ouyang M, Liu J, Gu YY, Li SY, Zhou CZ
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Myziuk N, Guerrero T, Sakthivel G, Solis D, Nair G, Guerra R, Castillo E
Phys Med Biol 2019 Feb 18;64(4):045014. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaff7b. PMID: 30654352
Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus T, Haeckel T, Wagner T, von Scheidt W
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