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Lung tumor
Reviewers: Deepali Jain, M.D., Fulvio Lonardo, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 25 January 2013, last major update September 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2013, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
Benign
tumors: adenoma benign metastasizing leiomyoma clear cell (sugar) tumor diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis granular cell tumor hamartoma hemangioma hemangiomatosis inflammatory pseudotumor Langerhans cell histiocytosis leiomyoma lipoma lymphangioleiomyomatosis micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia paraganglioma sclerosing hemangioma solitary fibrous tumor squamous papilloma
Dysplasia / CIS: general bronchioalveolar atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
Adenocarcinoma: general classification acinar cell fetal lung type hepatoid micropapillary papillary
Other carcinoma: general adenoid cystic adenosquamous bronchioloalveolar carcinosarcoma epithelial-myoepithelial giant cell large cell large cell neuroendocrine lymphoepithelioma-like metastatic mucoepidermoid pleomorphic sebaceous small cell neuroendocrine spindle cell
squamous cell carcinoma: squamous cell-general papillary squamous cell
Carcinoid and related tumors: carcinoid atypical carcinoid tumorlet
Hematologic: BALT lymphoma Burkitt lymphoma diffuse large B cell lymphoma follicular bronchitis Hodgkin lymphoma lymphomatoid granulomatosis MALT lymphoma Nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma plasmacytoma SLL/CLL Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Other malignancies: angiosarcoma desmoplastic small round cell tumor epithelioid hemangioendothelioma hemangiopericytoma HIV lymphoproliferative Kaposi sarcoma leiomyosarcoma melanoma metastatic endometrial stromal sarcoma pleuropulmonary blastoma pulmonary blastoma rhabdomyosarcoma synovial sarcoma
Other: staging features to report cytology grossing frozen section
Superpages: entire chapter
Alphabetical table of contents
A-E: acinar cell adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma-classification adenocarcinoma-fetal lung type adenocarcinoma-general adenoid cystic carcinoma adenoma adenosquamous carcinoma angiosarcoma atypical carcinoid BALT lymphoma benign metastasizing leiomyoma bronchioalveolar atypical adenomatous hyperplasia bronchioloalveolar carcinoma Burkitt lymphoma carcinoid carcinoma-general carcinosarcoma clear cell (sugar) tumor cytology desmoplastic small round cell tumor diffuse large B cell lymphoma diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis dysplasia/CIS epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
F-N: features to report follicular bronchitis frozen section giant cell carcinoma granular cell tumor grossing hamartoma hemangioma hemangiomatosis hemangiopericytoma hepatoid adenocarcinoma HIV lymphoproliferative Hodgkin lymphoma inflammatory pseudotumor Kaposi sarcoma Langerhans cell histiocytosis large cell carcinoma large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma leiomyoma leiomyosarcoma lipoma lymphangioleiomyomatosis lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma lymphomatoid granulomatosis MALT lymphoma melanoma metastatic carcinoma metastatic endometrial stromal sarcoma micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia micropapillary adenocarcinoma mucoepidermoid carcinoma Nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma
O-Z: papillary adenocarcinoma papillary squamous cell carcinoma paraganglioma plasmacytoma pleomorphic carcinoma pleuropulmonary blastoma pulmonary blastoma rhabdomyosarcoma sclerosing hemangioma sebaceous carcinoma SLL/CLL small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma solitary fibrous tumor spindle cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma-general squamous papilloma staging synovial sarcoma tumorlet Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Go to Lung: non tumor
Primary references
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AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (7th ed)
American Journal of Surgical Pathology
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Human Pathology
Modern Pathology
Websites: PathoPic Webpathology.com
Virtual slides: University of Iowa USCAP
Please refer to these primary references for more detailed discussions and photographs
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